3-D Seismic Interpretation

Preface 1. Introduction 2. 3-D seismic data acquisition and processing 3. Structural interpretation 4. Geological interpretation 5. Interpreting seismic amplitudes 6. Inversion 7. 3-D seismic data visualisation 8. Time-lapse seismic Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Glossary Addendum Index.

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