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− | | 1 | + | | 1 || Look for places where two [http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Reflector reflectors] converge. Where reflectors converge, there will be terminations. |
− | | Look for places where two [http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Reflector reflectors] converge. Where reflectors converge, there will be terminations. | |
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− | | 2 | + | | 2 || Mark the [http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Reflection reflection] terminations with arrows. |
− | | Mark the [http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Reflection reflection] terminations with arrows. | |
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− | | 3 | + | | 3 || Draw in the discontinuity surface between the [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=onlap onlapping] and [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/d/downlap.aspx downlapping] reflections above, and the truncating and [http://homepage.ufp.pt/biblioteca/Seismic/Pages/Page22.htm toplapping] reflectors above. If the discontinuity surface becomes conformable, trace its position across the section by reflection correlation. |
− | | Draw in the discontinuity surface between the [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=onlap onlapping] and [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/d/downlap.aspx downlapping] reflections above, and the truncating and [http://homepage.ufp.pt/biblioteca/Seismic/Pages/Page22.htm toplapping] reflectors above. If the discontinuity surface becomes conformable, trace its position across the section by reflection correlation. | |
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− | | 4 | + | | 4 || Continue the process described in steps 1, 2, and 3 for all the seismic lines in the grid. |
− | | Continue the process described in steps 1, 2, and 3 for all the seismic lines in the grid. | |
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− | | 5 | + | | 5 || Close all seismic grid loops by checking the loop ties for each discontinuity or its correlative equivalent. |
− | | Close all seismic grid loops by checking the loop ties for each discontinuity or its correlative equivalent. | |
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− | | 6 | + | | 6 || Categorize each discontinuity. |
− | | Categorize each discontinuity. | |
| * '''If''' it is characterized by regional onlap above and truncation below '''then''' it is probably a [[Definitions_of_depositional_system_elements#Sequence_boundaries|sequence boundary]] | | * '''If''' it is characterized by regional onlap above and truncation below '''then''' it is probably a [[Definitions_of_depositional_system_elements#Sequence_boundaries|sequence boundary]] |
| * '''If''' it is characterized by regional downlap '''then''' it is most likely a downlap surface | | * '''If''' it is characterized by regional downlap '''then''' it is most likely a downlap surface |