Organizing seismic attributes

What is it about?

When using seismic attributes, the interpreter must understand the relationships between them. Researchers communicate these relationships via seismic attribute taxonomies, which group attributes by their signal property, mathematical formulation, or their interpretive value. Most scientific papers that use seismic attributes focus on a specific application, new algorithm, or a novel interpretation workflow, rather than how a specific attribute fits within the greater whole, leading to confusion for the less experienced interpreter. The adaptability of prior work to modern workflows remains a shortcoming. We link attributes together via data analysis principles and provide an extensible model for use as the profession and research expand. We develop our work in two parts — the first covering the evolution of seismic attribute taxonomies and their use through time and the second proposing a new seismic attribute communication framework for the larger community. We link attributes together across the defined domains and provide a new model for the wider community.

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Why is it important?

We hope to use this framework to provide an example of how interpreters and researchers, who use seismic attributes, can communicate with each other in the future.