A Deterministic Evaluation of eismic Fidelity using Velocity Modeling ...
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Dome data to determine if any <strong>of</strong> the fault blocks had rotated. Gradient data is a<br />
derivative designed to sharpen the resolution based on amplitude variations to delineate<br />
sub-s<strong>eismic</strong> resolution for imaging faults and channels. I used an area with both channels<br />
and faults as a test-bed for these attributes in the southern half <strong>of</strong> the Vinton Dome<br />
survey.<br />
Curvature data did not reveal evidence to support rotation <strong>of</strong> the fault blocks. The<br />
curvature attribute was generated for both the well-based and the prestack time migrated<br />
velocity model PSDM. Slices <strong>of</strong> data in the shallower sections are very similar but like<br />
the coherence, the resolution begins to degrade with depth for the prestack time migrated<br />
velocity model data (Figure 78). The gradient data, both inline and crossline, did show<br />
sharpening <strong>of</strong> faults and enhanced imaging <strong>of</strong> channels in both the well-based and<br />
prestack time migrated velocity model PSDM, but the well-based PSDM appears to have<br />
sharper resolution at all depths. Like the other attributes, resolution was degraded more<br />
noticeably in the prestack time migrated velocity model data than in the well-based<br />
PSDM (Figure 79).<br />
5.6 Conclusions and Discussion<br />
I used an innovative approach to coherence by <strong>using</strong> it as a QC tool. I was able to reveal<br />
fidelity issues in the PSTM data volume <strong>using</strong> coherence resulting from failure <strong>of</strong> the<br />
migration to accurately place events resulting in reduced data quality. With s<strong>eismic</strong> alone<br />
this is not readily apparent, but with the coherence I identified the degradation.<br />
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