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Seismic prospecting has been around since the 1920s and was almost exclusively two-dimensional until the mid-1980s.  Three-dimensional techniques were experimented with as early as the 1940s but did not progress far until [[digital processing]] became common in the 1970s. Current worldwide seismic effort is estimated to be over 50% 3-D, and the percentage is growing rapidly. This estimate would apply to both dollar volume and acquisition effort. International (non-U.S.) seismic prospecting could be as high as 75% 3-D. We live in a 3-D world and now understand that 2-D seismic data can have many pitfalls and problems. (For more information on interpretation of two-dimensional data, see [[Two-dimensional geophysical workstation interpretation: generic problems and solutions]].)  The 3-D seismic technique yields much more information  than an equivalent amount of 2-D seismic and can reduce [[Reducing exploration risk|risk]].

Seismic prospecting has been around since the 1920s and was almost exclusively two-dimensional until the mid-1980s.  Three-dimensional techniques were experimented with as early as the 1940s but did not progress far until [[digital processing]] became common in the 1970s. Current worldwide seismic effort is estimated to be over 50% 3-D, and the percentage is growing rapidly. This estimate would apply to both dollar volume and acquisition effort. International (non-U.S.) seismic prospecting could be as high as 75% 3-D. We live in a 3-D world and now understand that 2-D [[seismic data]] can have many pitfalls and problems. (For more information on interpretation of two-dimensional data, see [[Two-dimensional geophysical workstation interpretation: generic problems and solutions]].)  The 3-D seismic technique yields much more information  than an equivalent amount of 2-D seismic and can reduce [[Reducing exploration risk|risk]].

==3-D advantages==

==3-D advantages==