Method and apparatus for interactive curved surface seismic interpretation and visualization
CA 2361526 A1 · Owner: Neff, Dennis B. · Inventors: Grismore, John R.; Singleton, Jacquelyn K.; Layton, Jesse E.
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An enlarged computer graphic image of seismic data (66) is displayed on a concave three-dimensional surface (68) having a shape corresponding to the shape of selected data extracted from a three-dimensional seismic volume (70). Thus providing an enlarged image of a seismic surface where the data is spatially correct in three-dimensions, and which increases the ease with which interpreters can locate geological features such as horizon faults, and , channels (76).
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- Filed May 3, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 3, 2020.
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