Inventors:
Anthony A. Vassiliou - Tulsa OK
Paul Garossino - Tulsa OK
Assignee:
Amoco Corporation - Chicago IL
International Classification:
G06F 1900
Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to method of seismic data processing which provides a superior method of removing or attenuating some forms of seismic noise and can also be used as a basis for seismic attribute analysis and automatic trace editing. In particular, the present invention is directed toward the application of a Very Short-Time Fourier Transform (VSTFT) to seismic data, coupled with a novel approach to organizing and/or displaying the transformed data, so as to provide highly localized frequency analyses of seismic reflection events. The present invention utilizes a very great number of short overlapping Fourier transform windows, together with a Gaussian weight or taper function, to produce a plurality of near single-frequency "sub-band" traces for each seismic trace so analyzed. Although the present invention can be applied to a single seismic trace, it is preferably applied to a collection of seismic traces that are spatially related. Among the many uses of the transformed seismic data are selective removal of coherent noise events, analysis for seismic attributes related to subsurface features of interest, seismic trace creation by interpolation, and automatic identification and removal of noisy seismic traces.