INTERACTIVE INTERPRETATION & TRAINING, INC. -- TRIVIA

This page is a collection of curious facts and folklore from exploration geophysics. The only criterion for inclusion is that an item has caught my attention, and I think it might interest others. It will be updated regularly, so come back to check it out.

Information on this page is compiled from many sources. You may copy it with acknowledgement for any reasonable purpose, unless it is marked otherwise.

Compiled by Les

HISTORY
Where and when was the first petroleum discovery based on the seismic method? Who or what was Fessenden? What does DFS mean?
DATA ACQUISITION
What is critical damping?
INTERPRETATION
Why is a seismic reflection a stratigraphic time line?
How does AVO analysis detect hydrocarbons?
DATA PROCESSING
What is SEG Y?
WELL DATA
What is LAS?

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