How to create and use 3D Wheeler transformed seismic volumes

Depositional model and evolution for a deep-water sublacustrine fan system from the syn-rift Lower Cretaceous Nantun Formation of the Tanan Depression (Tamtsag Basin, Mongolia)

“…Nonlinear chronostratigraphic slices are produced by a data-driven approach of dip-steering in the Wheeler transformed domain (Fig. 4a), aiming at complex seismic reflections such as truncations and erosional or depositional hiatuses in the deposits of sublacustrine fans (de Groot et al, 2006;de Bruin et al, 2007).…”

“…We use a nonlinear chronostratigraphic slicing technique to reveal the evolution of depositional systems (de Groot et al, 2006;de Bruin et al, 2007). Nonlinear chronostratigraphic slices are produced by a data-driven approach of dip-steering in the Wheeler transformed domain (Fig.…”

“…De Groot et al (2010) indicate that, by greatly increasing the number of mapped horizons, one may achieve profound improvements in seismic interpretation. Some encouraging works include the phase-unwrapping approach (Stark, 2004), the dip-driven approach (de Groot et al, 2006), the predictive painting method (Fomel, 2010), and the global optimization algorithm (Hoyes and Cheret, 2011). Utilization of a nonlinear slicing approach that can account for a stratal lateral thickness caused by differential depositional rates is less straightforward, but certainly has the great potential to refine seismic geomorphologic imaging (Zeng, 2010).…”

“…We utilize a nonlinear slicing technique, suitable for interpreting seismic images of complex seismic reflections (de Groot et al, 2006;de Bruin et al, 2007). We establish a depositional model for sublacustrine fans (we refer them as a sublacustrine fan system) based on drill cores, well logs, and seismic data.…”

High-resolution architecture of a polygonal fault interval inferred from geomodel applied to 3D seismic data from the Gjallar Ridge, Vøring Basin, Offshore Norway

“…The method employed in this software is based on a global geological model from 3D seismic data (Gupta et al, 2008;Pauget et al, 2009;Lemaire et al, 2010;Schmidt et al, 2010;Hoyes and Cheret, 2011). Other methods of global automated 3D horizon picking exist and have been reviewed by Hoyes and Cheret (2011), as "dip-driven" type (Lomask, 2003;De Groot et al, 2006) or "Horizon patches" methods (Verney et al, 2008). These methods are based on merging small surfaces that exhibit similar seismic attributes.…”