seismic development — 1956-2008 - american...
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Catagories: A=Acquisition, P=Processing, I=Interpretation Timeline data courtesy of professor Christopher Liner
Res
idua
lsta
tics
(P),
Com
plex
trac
eat
trib
utes
(I),
Impe
danc
ein
vers
ion
(I)
Com
mon
mid
poin
tsh
ootin
g(A)
Synt
hetic
sei
smog
ram
(I)
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Vibr
osei
s(A
)
Mar
ine
airg
un(A
)
Dig
itals
eism
icpr
oces
sing
(P)
Dig
ital m
igra
tion
(P)
Seis
mic
stra
tigra
phy
(I)
3-D
shoo
ting
(A)
Vert
ical
seis
mic
profi
le(A
)
Dip
mov
eout
(P),
2-D
post
stac
kde
pth
mig
ratio
n(P
)
2-D
Pres
tack
dept
hm
igra
tion
(P),
Brig
htsp
otan
alys
is(I
),W
orks
tatio
ns(I
)3-
Dm
igra
tion
velo
city
anal
ysis
,Sla
ntst
ack
(P)
3-D
even
tau
totr
acki
ng(I
)
Rev
erse
time
mig
ratio
n(P
)2-
Dre
flect
ion
tom
ogra
phy
(P),
Opt
imiz
atio
n(P
)3-
Dpo
stst
ack
dept
hm
igra
tion
(P),
AVO
anal
ysis
(I)
3-D
refle
ctio
nto
mog
raph
y(P
),FX
deco
nvol
utio
n(P
),Pr
esta
ckRT
M(P
), O
cean
botto
mca
ble
(A),
Cros
swel
l(A)
3-D
PreS
DM
(P),
Neu
raln
etw
orks
(P),
Hor
izon
dip/
azim
uth
attr
ibut
es(I
)Su
bsal
tim
agin
g(I
)
Vert
ical
cabl
e(A
),Tu
rnin
gw
ave
mig
ratio
n(P
),W
avel
ettr
ansf
orm
s(P
)Se
ism
icse
quen
cest
ratig
raph
y(I
)
Rou
tine
anis
otro
pic
proc
essi
ng(P
)4-
Dse
ism
ic(A
),Co
here
nce
(I),
Flui
dsu
bstit
utio
n(I
),W
avel
ettr
ansf
orm
s(I
)Im
peda
nce
optim
izat
ion
(I),
Attr
ibut
ecl
assi
ficat
ion
(I)
Spec
tral
deco
mpo
sitio
n(I
),N
eura
lnet
wor
ks(I
)
Seis
mic
mon
itorin
gof
hydr
aulic
frac
turin
g(A
)
Leas
tsq
uare
sm
igra
tion(
P),
Ray
leig
hw
ave
inve
rsio
n(P
),El
astic
inve
rsio
n(I
)O
verp
ress
ure
from
attr
ibut
es(I
)M
ulti-
attr
ibut
etr
ansf
orm
s(I
),M
EMS
acce
lero
met
er(A
)St
ruct
ure-
orie
nted
filte
ring
(I),
Geo
mec
hani
csfr
omse
ism
icda
ta(I
)H
oriz
onta
lcro
ssw
ellt
omog
raph
y(A
),In
terf
erom
etry
(P)
Volu
met
ricat
trib
utes
(I),
Spic
eat
trib
ute
(I),
Rel
ativ
ege
olog
ictim
evo
lum
e(I
)Vi
rtua
l sou
rce
met
hod
(P)
Wid
e-az
imut
hto
wed
mar
ine
data
(A),
Com
mer
cial
3-D
reve
rse
time
mig
ratio
n(P
)W
irele
ssla
ndse
ism
ic(A
),Ve
ctor
acou
stic
mea
sure
men
ts(A
)Sp
ectr
alin
vers
ion
(I),
Biot
slow
S-w
ave
revi
ved
(I)
S e i s m i c D e v e l o p m e n t — 1 9 5 6 - 2 0 0 8
Marine seismic
Sequence stratigraphy
Vertical seismic profileVibroseis
Subsalt imagingWide-azimuth towed marine
Wes
tern
Gec
o
His
toric
al p
hoto
Schl
umbe
rger
Wes
tern
Geo
phys
ical BP
Wes
tern
Gec
o
Schl
umbe
rger