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Informationen zum Autor Mike Bacon was awarded a PhD in geophysics from the University of Cambridge before becoming a Principal Scientific Officer at the Institute of Geological Sciences in Edinburgh (now the British Geological Survey). After working as a lecturer in the Geology Department of the University of Accra, Ghana, he took a position with Shell UK where he worked for 19 years as a seismic interpreter and as team leader in seismic special studies. He now works for Petro-Canada UK as a geophysical advisor. Dr Bacon is a co-author of Introduction to Seismic Interpretation by McQuillin et al (1979) and is a member of the editorial board of the petroleum industry magazine First Break. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society and a member of the EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers). Klappentext An indispensable guide to 3-D seismic data for graduate students and petroleum industry professionals. Zusammenfassung This book is an indispensable guide for geoscientists using 3-D seismic data! particularly graduate students of geophysics and petroleum geology! and new entrants into the oil and gas industry. This new paperback edition includes up-to-date topics such as elastic impedance inversion and time lapse seismics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 1. Workstation issues; Appendix 2. Glossary; Index.