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Published in 2023
Title Publication
Getting bit by too few bytes
Kurt J. Marfurt and Satinder Chopra
AAPG Explorer
How far is too far in partial seismic angle stacks?
Alexandro Vera-Arroyo and Heather Bedle
AAPG Explorer
Reservoir characterization processes explained with workflows and flowchart
Satinder Chopra , Ritesh Kumar Sharma and Kurt Marfurt
AAPG Explorer
What makes a good research environment?
Kurt Marfurt and Carl Sondergeld
AAPG Explorer
Water contact mapping and saturation estimation using simultaneous inversion of time-lapse seismic data constrained by fluid substitution and Leverett J-function analysis
Yang Mu, John Castagna, and Heather Bedle
Geophysics
Seismic stratigraphy and attenuation of gas-hydrate zones within Hikurangi and Gondwana margins, eastern New Zealand
Yichuan Wang, Heather Bedle and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics Journal International
Fault characterization in a postsalt reservoir interval, Jubarte Field (Campos Basin), using seismic attributes and machine learning
Edimar Perico, Heather Bedle, Bobby Buist, and Andrea Carvalho Damasceno
Interpretation
Contrasting faulting styles of salt domes and volcanoes: Can unsupervised learning techniques differentiate fault styles?
Alexandro Vera-Arroyo and Heather Bedle
Interpretation
Seismic identification of carbonate reservoir sweet spots using unsupervised machine learning: A case study from Brazil deep water Aptian pre-salt data
Marcus Vinicius Rodrigues Maas, Heather Bedle, and Marcilio Castro de Matos
Marine and Petroleum Geology
Evaluation of principal component analysis for seismic attribute selection and self-organizing maps for seismic facies discrimination in the presence of gas hydrates
David Lubo-Robles, Heather Bedle, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Matthew J. Pranter
Marine and Petroleum Geology
Determining generative topographic maps' suitability as an unsupervised machine learning method to interpret channel-related seismic facies
Karelia La Marca, Heather Bedle, and Lisa Stright
SEG Centennial Conference
A supervised machine learning approach to discriminate gas saturations in the Gulf of Mexico using frequency and spectral shape attributes
Mario Ballinas and Heather Bedle
SEG Centennial Conference
The reconstruction of the shot gathers from Karcher’s 2D seismic experiment using Convolutional Auto-Encoders
Alexandro Vera-Arroyo and Heather Bedle
SEG Centennial Conference
Identification of gas hydrates in seismic data using seismic attributes and machine learning in the Pegasus Basin, Offshore New Zealand
Emily Jackson, Heather Bedle, and Thang Ha
SEG Centennial Conference
Investigating the sensitivity of seismic attributes in seismic facies identification Using a supervised ML technique
Emuobosa Patience Ojoboh, Heather Bedle, and Brett M. Carpenter/td>
SEG Centennial Conference
Seismic-constrained reservoir modeling and simulation for CO2 sequestration potential of the Arbuckle Group: Wellington Field, Kansas
Abidin B. Caf, David Lubo-Robles, Matthew J. Pranter, Heather Bedle, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Zulfiquar A. Reza/td>
SEG Centennial Conference
Midland Sands reservoir characterization: revealing channelized features through multi-scale workflows in a mixed carbonate siliciclastic setting
Laura Ortiz-Sanguino, Heather Bedle, Matthew J. Pranter and Sumit Verma
SEG Centennial Conference
Sensitivity analysis of seismic attributes parametrization to reduce misinterpretations: Applications to deepwater channel complexes
Karelia La Marca, Heather Bedle, Lisa Stright, and Kurt Marfurt
SSRN
Published in 2022
Title Publication
How humans and computers can distinguish seismic facies
David Lubo-Robles, Deepak Devegowda, Vikram Jayaram, Heather Bedle, Kurt J. Marfurt and Matthew J. Pranter
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
The importance of parameterization in Machine Learning
Diana Salazar-Florez and Heather Bedle
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Data conditioning tools for preservation of structure and stratigraphy
Alexandro Vera-Arroyo and Heather Bedle
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Unsupervised machine learning for characterizing a geothermal sandstone reservoir
Satinder Chopra, Ritesh Kumar Sharma, Kenneth Bredesen, Thang Ha,and Kurt Marfurt
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Refining of geobody amplitude anomalies using seismic attributes
Satinder Chopra, Kurt Marfurt, Rongfeng Zhang, and Renjun Wen
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Choice of attributes for unsupervised seismic facies classification
Satinder Chopra, Ritesh Kumar Sharma , Kurt Marfurt, Juan Moirano, Carolina Crovetto, Fabián Scazziota, and Luis Vernengo
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
3D Crossplotting: An effective visualization and interpretation tool
Satinder Chopra, Kurt Marfurt, Ritesh Kumar Sharma, Rongfeng Zhang, and Renjun Wen
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Attempts at seismic characterization of a deepwater turbidite channel in Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
Satinder Chopra, Ritesh Kumar Sharma, Kurt J. Marfurt, Heather Bedle, and Sumit Verma
First Break
Unsupervised Machine Learning, Multi-attribute analysis for identifying low saturation gas reservoirs within the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, and Offshore Australia
Julian Chenin and Heather Bedle
Geosciences
Predicting the azimuth of natural fractures and in situ horizontal stress: A case study from the Sichuan Basin, China
Kai Lin, Bo Zhang, Jianjun Zhang, Huijing Fang, Kefeng Xi, and Zhi Li
Geophysics
Lithology variability and channel geomorphology of the mixed carbonate-siliciclastic San Andres and Grayburg interval using frequency-based seismic attributes, southwestern Midland Basin
Laura Ortiz-Sanguino, Heather Bedle, Matthew J. Pranter, and Sumit Verma
IMAGE2022 Expanded Abstracts
A step towards the automatization of predictive geological mapping
Rafael Pires de Lima*, Marcos Ferreira, and Iago Costa
IMAGE2022 Expanded Abstracts
Petrophysical Modeling to Improve the Understanding of Geothermal Exploration in a Sedimentary Field on Texas Gulf Coast Basin
Laura Ortiz-Sanguino, Cesar Vivas, Danny Rehg , Denise Knight , Stephanie Perry , Adam Bradley , Heather Bedle, Saeed Salehi and Sean Marshall,
URTeC Expanded Abstract
Two statistical attributes for evaluating attenuation response due to gas hydrates
Emily Jackson, Heather Bedle, and Thang Ha/td>
IMAGE2022 Expanded Abstracts
An integrated machine learning-based fault classification workflow
Jie Qi, Carolan Laudon, and Kurt Marfurt
IMAGE2022 Expanded Abstracts
Quantifying uncertainty in unsupervised machine learning methods for seismic facies using outcrop-derived 3D models and synthetic seismic data
Karelia La Marca, Heather Bedle, Lisa Stright, Rafael Pires de Lima, and Kurt J. Marfurt
IMAGE2022 Expanded Abstracts
Seismic identification of carbonate reservoir sweet spots using unsupervised clustering algorithms: A case study from Pre-Salt Mero Field at Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.
Marcus Vinicius Rodrigues Maas, Heather Bedle, Marcilio Castro de Matos,
IMAGE2022 Expanded Abstracts
Seismic-attribute-assisted delineation of structural complexities of potential geothermal reservoirs in the SW-Netherlands .
Tania Babu, Thang Ha, Vishnu Pandey, Shuvajit Bhattacharya, and Sumit Verma
IMAGE2022 Expanded Abstracts
CO2 injectivity and storage potential assessment of the Arbuckle Group using supervised machine learning and seismic-constrained reservoir modeling and simulation, Wellington Field, Kansas
Abidin B. Caf, David Lubo-Robles, Matthew J. Pranter, Heather Bedle, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Zulfiquar A. Reza
IMAGE2022 Expanded Abstracts
Recognizing societal influences in earthquake geohazard risk perception with explainable AI while mitigating risks through improved seismic interpretation
Heather Bedle, Diana Salazar-Florez, and Christopher R. H. Garneau
Interpretation
Quantifying the sensitivity of seismic facies classification to seismic attribute selection: An explainable machine-learning study
David Lubo-Robles, Deepak Devegowda, Vikram Jayaram, Heather Bedle, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Matthew J. Pranter
Interpretation
Study on the parameterization response of probabilistic neural networks for seismic facies classification in the Gulf of Mexico
Diana Salazar Florez and Heather Bedle
Interpretation
Seismic clues into the origin of polygonal faulting and pockmarks in the Great South Basin, New Zealand
José P. Mora and Heather Bedle
Interpretation
Fault enhancement using probabilistic neural networks and Laplacian of a Gaussian filter: A case study in the Great South Basin, New Zealand
Jose P. Mora, Heather Bedle, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Multiattribute Analysis of Channel Architectural Elements within the Deepwater Taranaki Basin, 3-D Romney Data
Brittany Stroud, Grace Barber, and Heather Bedle
Interpretation
Integrated detection and investigation of bad borehole section in the Wolfcamp Formation in the Midland Basin using machine learning, petrophysics, and core characterization
Shuvajit Bhattacharya, William Ambrose, Lucy Tingwei Ko, and Brian Casey
Interpretation
Improving porosity and gamma-ray prediction for the Middle Jurassic Hugin sandstones in the southern Norwegian North Sea with the application of deep neural networks
Satinder Chopra, Ritesh Kumar Sharma, Kurt J. Marfurt, Rongfeng Zhang, and Renjun Wen
Interpretation
A review of some amplitude-based seismic geometric attributes and their applications
Sumit Verma, Satinder Chopra, Thang Ha, and Fangyu Li
Interpretation
When the levee breaks; Visualization of a deepwater crevasse splay in Late Cretaceous in Exmouth Basin offshore Western Australia
Alexandro Vera-Arroyo and Heather Bedle
Interpretation
Attribute-assisted interpretation of deltaic channel system using enhanced 3D seismic data, offshore Nova Scotia
Amit K. Ray, Rustam Khoudaiberdiev, Craig Bennett, Paritosh Bhatnagar, Annapurna Boruah, Rajeshwaran Dandapani, Saumen Maiti, and Sumit Verma
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
Modeling of subsurface sedimentary facies using Self-Attention Generative Adversarial Networks (SAGANs)
Mei Chen, Shenghe Wu, Heather Bedle, Pengfei Xie, and Jiajia Zhang
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
Deepwater seismic facies and architectural element interpretation aided with unsupervised machine learning techniques: Taranaki basin, New Zealand
Karelia La Marca and Heather Bedle
Marine and Petroleum Geology
Macro‑seepage based potential new hydrocarbon prospects in Assam‑Arakan Basin, India
Annapurna Boruah, Sumit Verma, Abdul Rasheed, Gaurav Siddharth Gairola, and Anuj Gogoi
Scientific Reports
Insights into the geomorphology of the Ceará Basin, Brazil, by combining seismic attributes, machine learning, and rock physics analyses
Karen M. Leopoldino Oliveira, Alexandro V. Arroyo, Heather Bedle, and Francisco Nepomuceno Filho
Special Publications in Geological Society of London
Multi-attribute geomorphological characterisation of the Cenozoic deep-water strata in the Exmouth Plateau, Northern Carnarvon Basin: A contribution to the understanding of deep-water mixed carbonate-siliciclastic environments
Laura L. Ortiz Sanguino, Javier J. Tellez Rodriguez, and Heather Bedle
Special Publications in Geological Society of London
Published in 2021
Title Publication
Seismic attribute analyses and attenuation applications for detecting gas hydrate presence
Roberto Clairmont, Heather Bedle, Kurt Marfurt, and Yichuan Wang
Geosciences
A deep learning method for latent space analysis of multiple seismic attributes
Bradley C. Wallet and Thang N. Ha
Interpretation
The importance of properly cropping seismic data A Brazilian Equatorial Margin example
Karen Leopoldino Oliveira and Heather Bedle
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Convolutional Neural Network for fault prediction: Interpreter versus machine learning
Christ Ramos and Heather Bedle
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Enhancing paleoreef reservoir characterization through machine learning and multi-attribute seismic analysis: Silurian reef examples from the Michigan Basin
C. Bobby Buist, Heather Bedle, Matthew Rine, and John Pigott
Geosciences
Evolution of a Late Miocene Deep‐Water Depositional System in the Southern Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
Clayton Silver and Heather Bedle
Geosciences
Applications of generative topographic maps on post-stack data to enhance carbonate reservoir characterization
Clayton Silver, Heather Bedle, and Matthew Rine
Geophysical Society of Houston Journal
Semiautomatic fault-surface generation and interpretation using topological metrics
Yihuai Lou, Bo Zhang, Pan Yong, Huijing Fang, Yijiang Zhang, and Danping Cao
Geophysics
Predicting the azimuth of natural fractures and in-situ horizontal stress: A case study from Sichuan Basin, China
Kai Lin, Bo Zhang, Jianjun Zhang, Huijing Fang, Kefeng Xi, and Zhi Li
Geophysics
Predicting the azimuth of natural fractures and in-situ horizontal stress: A case study from Sichuan Basin, China
Kai Lin, Bo Zhang, Jianjun Zhang, Huijing Fang, Kefeng Xi, and Zhi Li
Geophysics
Improved seismic well tie by integrating variable-size window resampling with well-tie net
Hao Wu, Zhen Li, and Bo Zhang
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
Study on the parameterization response of probabilistic neural networks for seismic facies classification in the Gulf of Mexico
Diana Salazar Florez and Heather Bedle
Interpretation
Seismic illumination of small-offset seismogenic faults-Anardarko Basin Oklahoma
Swetal Patel, Kurt Marfurt, Folarin Kolawole, Jake Walter, and Xiaowei Chen
Interpretation
Exhaustive probabilistic neural network for attribute selection and supervised seismic facies classification
David Lubo-Robles, Thang Ha, Sivaramakrishnan Lakshmivarahan, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Matthew J. Pranter
Interpretation
An in-depth analysis of logarithmic data transformation and per-class normalization in machine learning: Application to unsupervised classification of a turbidite system in the Canterbury Basin, New Zealand, and supervised classification of salt in the Eugene Island minibasin, Gulf of Mexico
Thang N. Ha, David Lubo-Robles, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Bradley C. Wallet
Interpretation
Synthetic transfer zone characterization using seismic attributes: An example from the Parihaka fault system in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
Pierre Karam, Shankar Mitra, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Brett M. Carpenter
Interpretation
A review of seismic attribute taxonomiea, discussion of their historical use, and the presentation of a seismic attribute communication framework using data analysis concepts
Dustin Dewett, John Pigott, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Spatial delineation of rock types in the Meramec formation by integrating core and seismic measurements, Loyal Area, Kingfisher Co., Anadarko_Basin
Swetal Patel, Ishank Gupta, Jing Fu, Ali Tinni, Kurt J. Marfurt, Carl Sondergeld, and Chandra Rai
Interpretation
Seismic geomorphology anomalies within a Pliocene deepwater channel complex in the Taranaki Basin, offshore New Zealand
Julian Chenin, Clayton Silver, and Heather Bedle
Interpretation
Overbank sediment waves in the southern Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
Clayton Silver and Heather Bedle
Interpretation
Porosity estimation based on rock skeleton general formula and comprehensive pore structure parameter An application to a tight-sand reservoir
Kai Lin, Xilei He, Bo Zhang, Xiaotao Wen, Zhenhua He, Kaiyuan Liu, and Ceng Luo
Interpretation
Fault surface objects from fault probability volumes using active contours
Jose Pedro Mora, Heather Bedle, and Kurt J. Marfurt
International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy
Sensitivity analysis of seismic attributes parametrization for interpretation of a multi-story deepwater channel system: Tres Pasos Formation, Magallanes Basin Chile
Karelia La Marca, Kurt Marfurt, Heather Bedle, Lisa Stright, and Teresa Langenkamp
International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy
Combining azimuthal volumes, energy-ratio attribute, and machine learning to investigate faults in the Jubarte Field, Campos Basin
Edimar Perico, Heather Bedle, and Andrea Damasceno,
International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy
Applications of prestack seismic inversion on a Silurian pinnacle reef gas storage reservoir for enhanced geologic interpretations
Clayton Silver, Heather Bedle, and Matthew Rine
International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy
Fault interpretation of listric faults in the Gulf of Mexico to train CNN fault prediction. A case of study of human interpretation vs automatic fault interpretation
Alexandro Vera-Arroyo, Zach Williams, and Heather Bedle
International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy
Published in 2020
Title Publication
A geoscientist-guided multiattribute SOM analysis
Karelia LaMarca and Heather Bedle
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Correlation of seismic attributes and rate of penetration geomechanical properties to the rate of penetration in the Missipian Limestone, Oklahoma
Xuan Qi, Joseph Snyder, Tao Zhao, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Matthew J. Pranter
AAPG Memoir 122
Controls of pre-existing structures on clinoform architecture and the associated progradational system elements
Roberto Clairmont, Folarin Kolawole, Abah P. Omale, and Heather Bedle
Basin Research
Interative passive-source location estimation and velocity inversion using geometric-mean reverse-time migration and full-waveform inversion
Bin Lyu and Nori Nakata
Geophysical Journal International
Seismic horizon picking by integrating reflector dip and instantaneous phase attributes
Yihuai Lou, Bo Zhang, Tengfei Lin, and Danping Cao
Geophysics
Seismic attribute selection for machine learning based facies analysis
Jie Qi, Bo Zhang, Bin Lyu, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Idenitifcation of polygonal faulting from legacy 3D seismic data in the Gulf of Mexio using seismic attributes"
Karen M. Leopoldino Oliveira, Heather Bedle, and Karelia La Marca Molina
Interpretation
Seismic response to paleo-sand dunes in the Nugget Sandstone Formation, southwestern Wyoming
Dhruv Agrawal, Brady Lujan, Sumit Verma, Shuvajit Bhattacharya, and Subhashis Mallick
Interpretation
3D seismic imaging of the submarine slide blocks on the North Slope, Alaska
Shuvajit Bhattacharya, Sumit Verma, and Jonathan R. Rotzien
Interpretation
Are bright spots always hydrocabon indicators - A case study from the Taranki Basin, New Zealand
Pete Reilly Roberto Clairmont, and Heather Bedle
Interpretation
Seismic attributes and analogues to characterize a large fold in the Taranaki Basin
Karelia La Marca Molina, Heather Bedle, and Jerson Tellez
Interpretation
Mass Transport Deposit (MTD) or complex channel system? A case study of the 3D Nimitz survey, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
Roberto Clairmont and Heather Bedle
Interpretation
The importance of recognizing multiples in legacy data - A case study fro the Brazilian equitorial margin
Karen M. Leopoldino Oliveira, Heather Bedle, Gabriel de A. Araujo, and Mariano Castelo Branco
Interpretation
Seismic characterization of a blocky mass transport deposit in the Traella Limestone Formation - Northern Carnavon Basin, Australia
Laura Ortiz Sanguino, Jerson Javier Tellez, Heather Bedle, and Dilan Martinez Sanchez
Interpretation
A method to compensate for migratation stretch to improve the resolution of amplitude variation with offset, S-impedance, and Density
Swetal Patel, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Francis Oyebanji
Interpretation
Attribute-assisted characterization of basement faulting and the associated sedimentary sequence deformation in North-Central Oklahoma
Max Firkins, Folarin Kolawole, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Brett Carpenter
Interpretation
Characterizing damage zones of normal faults using seismic variance in the Wangxuzhuang oilfield, China
Zonghu Liao, Luyao Hu, Xiaodi Huang, Brett M. Carpenter, Kurt J. Marfurt, Saiyyna Vasileva, and Yun Zhao
Interpretation
Azimuthal anisotropy analysis applied to naturally fractured unconventional reservoirs: A Barnett Shale example
Jing Zhang, Jie Qi, Yijin Zeng, Kurt Marfurt, and Roger Slatt
Interpretation
Seismic attribute and petrophysics-assisted interpretation of the Nanushuk and Torok formations on the North Slope, Alaska
Shuvajit Bhattacharya and Sumit Verma
Interpretation
Effect of main frequencies on characterizing fault damage zones using forward modeling and attribute of variance
Yangpu Chen, Zonghu Liao, Li-Yun Fu, Gang Zhou, Liang Xu, Kurt J. Marfurt, Xinru Ma, and Huayou Zou
Interpretation
Multispectral coherence - Which decomposition should we use?
Bin Lyu, Jie Qi, Fangyu Li, Ying Hu, Tao Zhao, Sumit Verma, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Improving fault delineation using maximum entropy multispectral coherence
Bin Lyu, Jie Qi, Saurabh Sinha, Jianjun Li, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
The early Paleozoic structures and its influence on the Permian strata, Midland Basin: Insights from multi-attribute seismic analysis
Sumit Verma and Matt Scipione
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
Multiattribute machine learning for weak BSR detection in the Pegasus Basisn, Offshore New Zealand
Julian Chenin and Heather Bedle
Marine Geophysical Research
Convolutional neural networks as an aid to biostratigraphy and micropaleontology - A test on late Paleozoic microfossils
Rafael Pires de Lima, Katie F Welch, James E Barrick, Kurt J. Marfurt, Roger Burkhalter, Murphy Cassel, and Gerilyn S. Soreghan
Paleos
Convolutional neural networks for remote sensing scene classification - Transfer learning analysis
Rafael Pires de Lima and Kurt J. Marfurt
Remote Sensing
Construcing fault surface objects from fault-sensitive attributes
Jose Pedro Mora, Heather Bedle, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Machine learning model interpretability using SHAP values - Application to a seismic classification task
David Lubo Robles, Deepak Devegowda, Vikram Jayaram, Heather Bedle, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Matthew J. Pranter
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Comparing convolutional neural networking and image processing seismic fault detection methods
Jie Qi, Bin Lyu, Xinming Wu, and Kurt Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Multispectral aberrancy
Bin Lyu, Jie Qi, Fangyu Li, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Application of attributes and machine learning for imaging submarine slide blocks on the North Slope, Alaska
Shuvajit Bhattacharya, Miao Tian, Jon Rotzien, and Sumit Verma
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Applications of machine learning techniques on angle stacks to enhance carbonate reservoir characterization
Clayton Silver and Heather Bedle
SEG Expanded Abstracts
3D seismic reprocessing for geologic interpretation of a permafrost-bearing petroleum system on the North Slope, Alaska
Shuvajit Bhattacharya, Sumit Verma, and Thang Ha
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Non-stationary source waveform and Q estimation by sparse-pulse decomposition of seismic images
Yichuan Wang, Igor Marozov, and Kurt Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Quantifying methods for analyzing submarine slope-gullies in the Northern Caravon Basin, Offshore NW Australia
Christ Ramos, Roberto Clairmont, and Heather Bedle
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Seismic interpretation of structural features in the Kokako 3D seismic area, Taranaki Basin (New Zealand)
Edimar Perico and Heather Bedle
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Seismic facies classification using generative topographic mapping - A case study from offshore Nova Scotia
Amit Kumar Ray, Rajeshwaran Dandapani, and Sumit Verma
SPE Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exposition and Conference
Adopting multispectral dip components for coherence and curvature attribute computations"
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Published in 2019
Title Publication
Accelerating well correlation with deep learning
Bo Zhang, Yuming Liu, Xinmao Zhou, Zhaohui Xu
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Progress and challenges in deep learning analysis of geoscience images
Rafael Pires de Lima, Kurt J. Marfurt, David Duarte-Coronado, and Alicia Bonar
EAGE Expanded Abstracts
The determination of the constant phase of the seismic wavelet using automatic seismic well tying
Hao Wu, Bo Zhang, and Danping Cao
Exploration Geophysics
Accurate seismic dip and azimuth estimation using semblance dip guided structure-tensor analysis
Yihuai Lou, Bo Zhang, Tengfei Lin, Naihao Liu, Hao Wu, Rongchang Liu, and Danping Cao
Geophysics
Seismic fault attribute estimation using a local fault model
Yihuai Lou, Bo Zhang, Ruiqi Wang, Tengfei Lin, and Danping Cao
Geophysics
Automatic horizon picking using multiple seismic attributes
Yihuai Lou
Geophysics
Image processing of seismic attributes for automatic fault extraction
Jie Qi, Bin Lyu, Abdulmohsen Alali, Gabriel Machado, Ying Hu, and Kurt J. Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
Geophysics
White noise attenuation of seismic trace by integrating variational mode decomposition with convolutional neural network
Hao Wu, Bo Zhang, Tengfei Lin, Fangyu Li, and Naihao Liu
Geophysics
Semi-automated seismic horizon interpretation using encoder-decoder convolutional neural network
Wu
Geophysics
Seismic fault attribute estimation using a local fault model
Yihuai Lou, Bo Zhang, Ruiqi Wang, Tengfei Lin, and Danping Cao
Geophysics
Semi-automatic first arrival picking of micro-seismic events by using pixel-wise convolutional image segmentation method
Hao Wu, Bo Zhang, Fangyu Li, and Naihao Liu
Geophysics
Characterization of mass transport deposit using seismic attributes
Paritosh Bhatnagar, Matthew Scipione, Sumit Verma, and Ron Bianco
GSH Journal
Self-Adaptive Generalized S-Transform and Its Application in Seismic TimeFrequency Analysis
Naihao Liu , Jinghuai Gao, Bo Zhang , Qian Wang , and Xiudi Jiang
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Frequency analysis of multi-sources acoustic emission from high-velocity waterjet rock drilling and its indicator to drilling efficiency
Mao Shenga, Shouceng Tiana, Bo Zhang,and Hongkui Gea
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
Multispectral, multiazimuth, and multioffset coherence attribute applications
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Characterization of the Arbuckle-basement wastewater disposal system, Payne County, Northern Oklahoma
Gabriel L. Machado, Garrett J. Hickman, Maulin P. Gogri, Kurt J. Marfurt, Matthew J. Pranter, and Zulfiquar A. Rezat
Interpretation
Characterization of mass transport deposit using seismic attributes: Upper Leonard Formation, Midland Basin, West Texas
Paritosh Bhatnagar,Sumit Verma, and Ron Bianco
Interpretation
The thickness imaging of channels using multiple-frequency components analysis
Yan Ye, Bo Zhang, Cong Niu, Jie Qi, and Huailai Zhou
Interpretation
Pitfalls and implementation of data conditioning, attribute analysis, and self-organizing maps to 2D data: Application to the Exmouth Plateau, North Carnarvon Basin, Australia
Thang N. Ha,Kurt J. Marfurt,Bradley C. Wallet, and Bryce Hutchinson
Interpretation
Using machine learning as an aid to seismic geomorphology, which attributes are the best input?
Lennon Infante-Paez and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Attribute selection in seismic facies classification: Application to a Gulf of Mexico 3D seismic survey
Yuji Kim , Robert Hardisty, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Independent component analysis for reservoir geomorphology and unsupervised seismic facies classification in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
David Lubo-Robles and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Geometric attribute estimation using data-adaptive windows
Tengfei Lin, Bo Zhang, and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Convolutional neural networks as aid in core lithofacies classification
Rafael Pires de Lima, Fnu Suriamin, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Matthew J. Pranter
Interpretation
Effect of anisotropy, angle, and critical tensile stress and confining pressures on evaluation of shale brittleness index Part 1: Methodology and laboratory study
Qing Wang, Bo Zhang, Shiguang Guo, and Jianguang Han
Interpretation
Comprehensive Seismic Data Conditioning of the Bioclastic Limestone in the Middle East
Tengfei Lin, Xueling Wang, and Junchang Dong
IPTC
Application of Volumetric Seismic Attributes for complex fault network characterization on the North Slope, Alaska
Shuvajit Bhattacharya, Sumit Verma
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
The determination of variogram in the presence of horizontal wells - An application to a conglomerate reservoir modeling, East China
Yuming Liua, Bo Zhangc, Yue Dongd, Zhipeng Que, and Jiagen Houb
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
Convolutional neural network for remote-sensing scene classification: Transfer learning analysis
Rafael Pires de Lima and Kurt J. Marfurt
Remote Sensing
Nonparallelism attributes and data adaptive Kuwahara image processing
Jie Qi and Kurt J Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Flexures in the Anadarko Basin Do they indicate faulting or folding?
Swetal Patel and Kurt J Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Delineation of Complex fault network North Slope, Alaska using seismic attributes
Sumit Verma and Shuvajit Bhattacharya
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Compensating for migration stretch to improve the resolution of S-impedance and density inversion
Swetal Patel and Kurt J Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Supervised seismic facies classification using Probabilistic Neural Networks: Which attributes should the interpreter use?
David Lubo-Robles, Thang Ha, S. Lakshmivarahan, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Seismic fault enhancement using spectral decomposition assisted attributes
Bin Lyu,Gabriel Machado, Fangyu Li and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Deep convolutional neural networks as an estimator of porosity in thin-section images for unconventional reservoirs
David Duarate-Coronado, Jerson Tellez-Rodriguez, Rafael Pires de Lima, Kurt Marfurt, and Roger Slatt
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Geophysical data integration and machine learning for multi-target leakage estimation in geologic carbon sequestration
Rafael Pires de Lima and Youzuo Lin
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Geophysical data integration and machine learning for multi-target leakage estimation in geologic carbon sequestration
Rafael Pires de Lima, Youzuo Lin, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Deep learning method for latent space analysis
Bradley Wallet and Thang Ha
SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference
Deep convolutional neural networks as a geological image classification tool
Rafael Pires de Lima, Fnu Suriamin, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Matthew J. Pranter
The Sedimentary Record
Unsupervised machine learning applications for seismic facies classification
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
URTec Expanded Abstracts
Identification and quantification of parasequences using an expectation maximization filter: Defining well log attributes for reservoir characterzation
Saurabh Sinha, Raj Kiran, Javier Tellez, and Kurt J. Marfurt
URTec Expanded Abstracts
Published in 2018
Title Publication
Convolutional neural networks
Rafael Pires de Lima,Fnu Suriamin, Kurt Marfurt, Matthew Pranter, and Gerilyn Soreghan
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Multiazimuth coherence attribute applications
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Multispectral coherence attribute applications
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Intra-basement intrusions in the STACK area of Oklahoma
Satinder Chopra, Lennon Infante_Paez, and Kurt J. Marfurt
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Some machine learning applications in seismic interpretation
Satinder Chopra, David Lubo-Robles, and Kurt J. Marfurt
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Nemaha strike-slip fault expression on 3-D seismic data in SCOOP trend
Satinder Chopra, Kurt J. Marfurt, Folarin Kolawole, and Brett M. Carpenter
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Seismic attribute selection for unsupervised seismic facies analysis using user-guided data-adaptive weights
Tao Zhao, Fangyu Li, and Kurt J. Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
Geophysics
Identification of potential lucstrine or embayment intervals in the Woodford Shale, Oklahoma, using multi-attribute 3D seismic displayes and a supervised probabilistic neural network
Emilio J. Torres, Roger M. Slatt, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Lennon E. Infante, and Luis A. Castillo, University of Oklahoma
GSH Journal
In-context intepretation: Avoiding pitfalls in misidentification of igneous bodies in seismic data
Lennon Infante-Paez and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Independent Component Analysis for reservoir geomorphology and unsupervised seismic facies classification in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
David Lubo-Robles and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Multispectral coherence
Fangyu Li, Jie Qi, Bin Lyu, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Tomographic velocity analysis and wave equation depth migration in an overthrust terrain A case study from the Tuha Basin China
Bin Lyu, Qin Su, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Attribute-assisted footprint suppression using a 2D continuous wavelet transform
Abdulmohsen Alali, Gabriel Machado, and Kurt Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
Interpretation
Volumetric aberrancy to map subtle faults and flexures
Xuan Qi and Kurt J. Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
Interpretation
Coherence attribute applicatons on seismic data in various guises _Part_1
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
Interpretation
Coherence attribute applicatons on seismic data in various guises _Part_2
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
Interpretation
Delineation of early Jurassic aged sand dunes and paleo-wind direction in southwestern Wyoming using seismic attributes, inversion, and petrophysical modeling
Sumit Verma, Shuvajit Bhattacharya, Brady Lujan, Dhruv Agrawal, and Subhashis Mallick
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
Well-log attributes to map upward-fining and upward-coarsening parasquences
Saurabh Sinha, Rafael Pires de Lima, Jie Qi, Lennon Infante-Paez, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Unsupervised seismic facies classification using Independent Component Analysis
David Lubo-Robles and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Highlighting discontinuities with variational mode decomposition based coherence
Bin Lyu, Fangyu Li, Jie Qi, Tao Zhao, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
A reverse-time migration workflow of passive source with joint imaging conditions
Bin Lyu, Nori Nakata, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Igneous bodies that look like sedimentary features in Seismic Data: A Way to Avoid Pitfalls in Seismic Interpretation
Lennon Infante-Paez, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Bradley C, Wallet
SEG Expanded Abstract
Quantitative statistical relationship between seismic attributes and waste water injection parameters in Oklahoma
Gabriel Machado, Thang Ha, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic attributes from the complex Teager-Kaiser energy
Marcílio Castro de Matos
SEG Expanded Abstract
Principal component analysis and K-means analysis of airborne gamma ray spectrometry surveys
Rafael Pires de Lima and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Characterization of mass transport deposit using seismic attributes: Spraberry formation, Midland Basin, West Texas
Paritosh Bhatnagar, Matthew Scipione, Sumit Verma, University of Texas Permian Basin; Ron Bianco, Fasken Oil and Ranch
SEG Expanded Abstract
Peculiar geological features in the Nugget Sandstone of the Moxa Arch
Dhruv Agrawal, Brady Lujan, Sumit Verma, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Subhashis Mallick, The University of Wyoming
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic to simulation: Woodford Shale case study in Oklahoma, USA
Emilio J. Torres-Parada, Saurabh Sinha, Lennon E. Infante-Paez, Roger M. Slatt and Kurt J. Marfurt
URTeC Expanded Abstract
Statistical controls on induced seismicity
Saurabh Sinha, Yunjie Wen, Rafael Pires de Lima, and Kurt J. Marfurt
URTeC Expanded Abstract
Published in 2017
Title Publication
What Causes those annoying stair-step artifacts on coherence volumes?
Tengfei Lin and Kurt Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
AAPG Explorer Geophysical Corner
Subtle Faults Interpretation in the Mississippian Limestone
Jie Qi, Fangyu Li, Gabriel Machado, and Kurt J. Marfurt
AAPG Conference and Exposition Expanded Abstract
Attribute-Assited Interpretation of Fractured Vuggy Carbonate in the Tarim Basin
Jie Qi, Hamming Gu, and Kurt J. Marfurt
AAPG Conference and Exposition Expanded Abstract
Sequence stratigraphy boundary delineation based on adaptive seismic decomposition
Fangyu Li, Rui Zhai, Jie Qi, Bo Zhang, Kurt J. Marfurt
AAPG Abstract
Interpretational aspect of multispectral coherence
Kurt J. Marfurt
EAGE Expanded Abstract
Seismic Sequence stratigraphy analysis using signal mode decomposition
Fangyu Li, R. Zhai, and Kurt J. Marfurt
EAGE Expanded Abstract
A workflow to skeletonize faults and stratigraphic features
Jie Qi, Gabriel Machado and Kurt Marfurt
Geophysics
Multi-azimuth coherence
Jie Qi, Fangyu Li, and Kurt Marfurt
Geophysics
Constraining self-organizing map facies analysis with stratigraphy: An approach to increase the credibility in automatic seismic facies classification
Tao Zhao, Fangyu Li, and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Volumetric fault image enhancement - Some applications
Satinder Chopra and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Fault damage zone at subsurface: A case study using 3D seismic attributes and a clay model analog for the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma
Zonghu Liao, Hui Liu, Zheng Jiang, Kurt Marfurt, and Ze'ev Reches
Interpretation
Seismic Expression and geomorphology of igneous bodies: A Taranaki Basin, New Zealand, case study
Lennon Infante and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Depositional sequence characterization based on seismic variational mode decomposition
Fangyu Li, Bo Zhang, Rui Zhang, Huailai Zhou and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Constraining self-organizing map facies analysis with stratigraphy: An approach to increase the credibility in automatic seismic facies classification
Tao Zhao, Fangyu Li, and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Seismic Reprocessing and Interpretation of a Fractured-Basement play: Texas Panhandle
Thang Ha and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
The Value of Constrained Conjugate-Gradient Least-Squares Migration in Seismic Inversion: Application to a Fractured-Basment play, Texas Panhandle
Thang Ha and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Seismic-petrophysical reservoir characterization in the northern part of the Chicontepec Basin, Mexico
Supratik Sarkar, Sumit Verma, and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Effect of Volcanic Bodies on Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Northeastern Part of the Chicontepec Foredeep, Mexico
Supratik Sarkar and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Facies analysis by integrating 3D seismic attributes and well logs for prospect identification and evaluation - A case study from Northwest China
Xingjian Wang, Bo Zhang, Tao Zhao, Junbo Hang, Hao Wu, and Ziquan Yong
Interpretation
Quantifying fault connectivity drilling hazards through simple flow computations
Rafael Pires de Lima and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Improving Seismic Image and Impedance Inversion of the Texas Panhandle Fractured-Basement Reservoir: An Application of the Constrained Conjugate-Gradients Least-Squares Migration
Thang Ha, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Bin Lyu
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic Interpretation of the Exmouth Plateau, North Carnarvon Basin, Australia: An Application of Data Conditioning, Seismic Attributes, and Self-Organizing Map on 2D Data
Thang Ha, Brad Wallet, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Unsuprervised Seismic Facies From Mixture Models to Highlight Channel Features.pdf
Robert Hardisty and Brad Wallet
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic Denoising Using Thresholded Adaptive Signal Decomposition
Fangyu Li, University of Oklahoma; Sumit Verma, University of Texas Permian Basin; Pan Deng, University of Houston; Jie Qi, and Kurt J. Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
SEG Expanded Abstract
Automatic Arrival Identification System for Real-Time Microseismic Event Location
Fangyu Li, University of Oklahoma & University of Georgia; WenZhan Song, University of Georgia & Intelligent Dots LLC; Kurt J. Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
SEG Expanded Abstract
Optimal Lq Norm Regularization for Sparse Reflectivity Inversion
Fangyu Li, University of Oklahoma & University of Georgia; Rui Xie, University of Georgia;WenZhan Song, University of Georgia & Intelligent Dots LLC; Tao Zhao and Kurt J. Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
SEG Expanded Abstract
Delineation of Thick Incised Canyons Using Spectrak-Decompostion Analysis, Curvature, and Self-Organizing Maps in the Exmouth Plateau, Australia
David Lubo-Robles and Kurt J. Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
SEG Expanded Abstract
High-Resolution Reverse Time Migration with Squared Excitation Amplitude Imaging Condition
Bin Lyu, Fangyu Li, and Kurt J. Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
SEG Expanded Abstract
Quantifying fault connectivity drilling hazards through simple flow computations
Rafael Pires de Lima and Kurt Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
SEG Expanded Abstract
Multi-azimuth coherence
Jie Qi,University of Oklahoma; Hanming Gu, The Univeristy of Geosciences-Wuhan; Fangyu Li, and Kurt Marfurt, The University of Oklahoma tephanie Cook, Chesapeake Energy Corporation
SEG Expanded Abstract
Calibrating Volumetric Aberrancy Fracture Prediction Using Borehole Image Logs and Mud Logs, Application to the Mississippian Limestone
Xuan Qi, Kurt J. Marfurt, Matthew J. Pranter ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma; Stephanie Cook, Chesapeake Energy Corporation
SEG Expanded Abstract
Volumetric Aberrancy to Map Subtle Faults and Flexures
Xuan Qi and Kurt J. Marfurt, ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma; Stephanie Cook, Chesapeake Energy Corporation
SEG Expanded Abstract
Optimal Lq Norm Regularization for Sparse Reflectivity Inversion
Fangyu Li, University of Oklahoma & University of Georgia; Rui Xie, University of Georgia;WenZhan Song, University of Georgia & Intelligent Dots LLC; Tao Zhao and Kurt J. Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic attribute illumination of a synthetic transfer zone
Paritosh Bhatnagar, Craig Bennett, Rustam Khoudaiberdiev, and Sumit Verma, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic interpretation of Cree Sand channels on the Scotian Shelf
Rustam Khoudaiberdiev, Craig Bennett, Paritosh Bhatnagar, and Sumit Verma, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
SEG Expanded Abstract
Automated input attribute weighting for supervised seismci facies analysis
Tao Zhao, Fangyu Li, and Kurt J. Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
SEG Expanded Abstract
Different training sample selection strategies in unsupervised seismic facies analysis
Tao Zhao and Kurt J. Marfurt, University of Oklahoma
SEG Expanded Abstract
Effect of Frequent Well Shut-Ins on Well Productivity: Marcellus Shale Case Study
Saurabh Sinha and Kurt MArfurt, University of Oklahoma; Bhabesh Deka
SPE Abstract
Multivariate Statistical Analysis for Resource Estimation in Unconventional Plays Application to Eagle Ford Shales
Saurabh Sinha, Deepak Devegowda, University of Oklahoma; Bhabesh Deka, Reliance Holdings USA inc.
SPE Abstract
Quantification of Recovery Factors in Downspaced Wells: Application of a Fully coupled Geomechanical EOS compostioal Simulator
Saurabh Sinha and Deepak Devegowda
SPE Abstract
Quantification of Recovery Factors in Downspaced Wells: Application to the Eagle Ford Shale
Saurabh Sinha, Deepak Devegowda, and Bhabesh Deka
SPE Abstract
Seismic Inversion Based SRV and Reserves Estimation for Shale Plays
Saurabh Sinha, Kurt Marfurt, Deepak Devegowda, Rafael Pires de Lima, and Sumit Verma
SPE Abstract
Published in 2016
Title Publication
Quantitative seismic geomorphology of the middle Frio fluvial systems, south Texas,United States
Hamed Z. El-Mowafy and Kurt J. Marfurt
AAPG Bulletin
Fourier-Bessel based Rapid Earthquake Magnitude Estimation in Central Oklahoma
Fangyu Li, Xiaowei Chen, Kurt J. Marfurt
AAPG Abstract
Highly aliased groundroll suppression using a 3D multiwindow KL filter: Application to a legacy Mississippi Lime survey
Sumit Verma,Shiguang Guo, Thang Ha and Kurt Marfurt
Geophysics
Attribute expression of channel forms in a hybrid carbonate turbidite formation
Bradley C. Wallet
Interpretation
Data conditioning of legacy seismic using migration-driven 5D interpolation
Sumit Verma,Shiguang Guo and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Quantifying the Significance of Coherence Anomalies
Tengfei Lin, Thang Ha, Kurt J. Marfurt and Kevin L. Deal
Interpretation
Semisupervised multiattribute seismic facies analysis
Jie Qi, Tengfei Lin, Tao Zhao, and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Display and enhancement of volumetric fault images
Gabriel Machado, Abdulmohsen Alali, Bryce Hutchinson, Oluwatobi Olorunsola and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Noise suppression of time-migrated gathers using prestack structure-oriented filtering
Bo Zhang, Tengfei Lin, Shiguang Guo, Oswaldo E. Davogustto, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Estimation of total organic carbon and brittleness volume
Sumit Verma, Tao Zhao, Kurt and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Seismic attenuation attributes with applications on conventional and unconventional reservoirs
Fangyu Li, Sumit Verma, Huailai Zhou,Tao Zhao, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Characterizing a turbidite system in Canterbury basin, New Zealand using seismic attributes and distance-preserving self-organizing maps
Tao Zhao, Jing Zhang, Fangyu Li, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Vector correlation of AVAz and curvature in a post hydraulically fracture Barnett Shale survey
Shiguang Guo, Sumit Verma, Qing Wang, Bo Zhang, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Pitfalls in seismic processing: An application of seismic modeling to investigate acquisition footprint
Marcus P. Cahoj, Sumit Verma, Bryce Hutchinson, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Unconventional characterization based on spectrally-corrected seismic attenuation estimation
Fangyu Li, Huailai Zhou, Tao Zhao and Kurt J. Marfurt
Journal of Seismic Exploration
Spectral decomposition and spectral balancing of seismic data
Chopra Satinder and Kurt Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Attribute-assisted footprint suppression using a 2D continuous wavelet transform
Abdulmohsen Alali, Gabriel Machado and Kurt Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Calibrating seismic fracture prediction using borehole image logs, application to the Mississippian Limestone
Stephanie Cook, Abdulmohsen Alali, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Matthew J. Pranter
SEG Expanded Abstract
Attribute-aasisted footprint suppression with LoG filter
Tengfei Lin, Bo Zhang, and Kurt Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Multiattribute Seismic Facies Expressions of a Complex Granite Wash Formation - A Buffalo Wallow Field Illustration
Oluwatobi Olorunsola, Lennon Infante, Bryce Hutchinson, Jie Qi and Kurt Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Advanced self-organizing map facies analysis with stratigraphic constraint
Tao Zhao, Fangyu Li and Kurt Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic fault enhancement and skeletonization
Jie Qi, Fangyu Li, Bin Lyu,Oluwatobi Olorunsola, and Kurt Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Lateral consistency preserved variational mode decomposition
Fangyu Li, Tao Zhao,Xuan Qi, Bo Zhang and Kurt Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic attenuation anisotropy and corresponding frequency versus azimuth (FVAz) attribute
Fangyu Li, Huailai Zhou, Bin Lyu, Jie Qi, and Kurt Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Joint Anisotropic Parameter Inversion Based on Nonhyperbolic Moveout and Azimuthal Amplitude Variance
Fangyu Li, Jie Qi, Bin Lyu and Kurt J. Marfurt
URTeC Expanded Abstract
VMD Based Sedimentary Cycle Division for Unconventional Facies Analysis
Fangyu Li, Tao Zhao, Yin Zhang, and Kurt J. Marfurt
URTeC Expanded Abstract
Published in 2015
Title Publication
Pitfalls of seismic interpretation in prestack time- vs. depth migration data
Tengfei Lin, Hang Deng, Zhifa Zhan, Zhonghong Wan and Kurt Marfurt
AAPG Expanded Abstract
Is curvature overrated? No, it depends on the geology
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
EAGE Expanded Abstract
Q Estimation Using an Improved Frequency Shift Method
Fangyu Li, Kurt Marfurt, Huailai Zhou and Y. Chen
EAGE Expanded Abstract
Seismic attributes and the road ahead - Part 1
Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysical Society of Houston
Seismic attributes and the road ahead - Part 2
Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysical Society of Houston
Integrating phase into the visualization of spectral decomposition attributes
Brad Wallet and Oswaldo Davogustto
Interpretation
Identification of brittle/ductile areas in unconventional reservoirs using seismic and microseismic data: Application to the Barnett Shale
Roderick Perez-Altamar and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Noise suppression of time migrated gathers using structure-oriented filtering
Bo Zhang,Tengfei Lin, Shiguang Guo, Oswaldo Davogusto and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Calibration of attribute anomalies through prestack seismic modeling
Sumit Verma,Onur Mutlu, Thang Ha, William Bailey and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Brittleness evaluation of resource plays by integrating petrophysical and seismic data analysis
Bo Zhang, Tao Zhao, Xiaochun Jin Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Improving seismic resolution of prestack time migrated data
Onur Mutlu and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Relative P-impedance estimation using a dipole-based matching pursuit decomposition strategy
Xiaotao Wen, Bo Zhang,Wayne Pennington and Zhenhua He
Interpretation
A comparison of classification techniques for seismic facies recognition
Tao Zhao, Vikram Jayaram, Atish Roy, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Brittleness evaluation of resource plays by integrating petrophysical and seismic data analysis
Bo Zhang, Tao Zhao, Xiaochun Jin, and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Pitfalls and limitations in seismic attribute interpretation of tectonic features
Kurt J. Marfurt and Tiago M. Alves
Interpretation
Techniques and best practices in multiattribute display
Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Improving the quality of prestack inversion by prestack data conditioning
Bo Zhang, Deshuang Chang, Tengfei Lin, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Value of nonstationary wavelet spectral balancing in mapping a faulted fluvial system, Bohai Gulf, China
Huailai Zhou, Yuanjun Wang, Tengfei Lin, Fangyu Li, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Q estimation from reflection seismic data for hydrocarbon detection using a modified frequency shift method
Fangyu Li, Huailai Zhou, Nan Jiang, Jianxia Bi and Kurt J. Marfurt
Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
Improving the probability of success in resource plays
Rich, J.P., and X. Qi
The Leading Edge
An Integrated Geophysical Approach to understanding the Structure and the Evolution of the Ouachita Orogenic Belt, Fort Worth Basin, Texas
Oluwatobi Olorunsola, Fangyu Li, Olanrewaju Aboaba, G. Randy Keller and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Linking rate of penetration to seismic attributes and mechanical properties in the Mississippi Lime, Oklahoma
Xuan Qi, J. Snyder, K. Marfurt, & M. J. Pranter
SEG Expanded Abstract
Supervised and unsupervised learning: how machines can assist quantitative seismic interpretation
Tao Zhao, Sumit Verma, Jie Qi and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Well performance predictions from geologic, petrophysical and completions-related parameters using generative topographic mapping: A field case study
Atish Roy, Tao Zhao, Vikram Jayaram and Deepak Davegowda
SEG Expanded Abstract
Attribute assisted seismic facies classification on a turbidite system in Canterbury Basin, offshore New Zealand
Tao Zhao and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
TOC estimation in the Barnett Shale from triple combo logs using support vector machine
Tao Zhao, Sumit Verma and Deepak Davegowda
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic Spectral Attributes of Apparent Attenuation: Part 1 - Methodology
Fangyu Li,Huailai Zhou,Lanbin Li and Kurt Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic Spectral Attributes of Apparent Attenuation: Part 2 - Application
Fangyu Li,Huailai Zhou,Lanbin Li, Sumit Verma, Oluwatobi Olorunsola and Kurt Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Improving fault images using a directional Laplacian of a Gaussian operator
Gabriel Machado, Abdulmohsen Alali, Bryce Hutchinson, Oluwatobi Olorunsola and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Pitfalls in seismic processing: Part 1 groundroll sourced acquisition footprint
Sumit Verma, Marcus P. Cahoj, Tengfei Lin, Fangyu Li,Bryce Hutchinson and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Footprint suppression using edge preserved structure-oriented filtering based on the statistical significance of coherence
Tengfei Lin, Lanbin Li, Marcus P. Cahoj, Fangyu Li, Oluwatobi G Olorunsola, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Kevin L. Deal
SEG Expanded Abstract
Pitfalls in seismic processing: Part 2 groundroll sourced acquisition footprint
Marcus P. Cahoj,Sumit Verma,Bryce Hutchinson, Jie Qi and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Attribute mapping of variable-thickness incised valley-fill systems
Fangyu Li, Jie Qi, and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Fracture Characterization based on Attenuation Estimation from Seismic Reflection Data using Well-log-based Localized Spectral Correction
Fangyu Li, Tao Zhao, Tengfei Lin and Kurt J. Marfurt
URTeC Expanded Abstract
Published in 2014
Title Publication
Horizon-based semiautomated nonhyperbolic velocity analysis
Bo Zhang, Tao Zhao, Jie Qi, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Mineralogy-based brittleness prediction from surface seismic data: Application to the Barnett Shale
Roderick Perez Altamar and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
3D Alford rotation analysis for the Diamond M Field, Midland Basin, Texas
Oswaldo Davogustto , Tim Kwiatkowski, Kurt Marfurt, Steven Roche, and James Thomas
Interpretation
Generative topographic mapping for seismic facies estimation of a carbonate wash, Veracruz Basin, southern Mexico
Atish Roy, Araceli S. Romero-Peláez and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Semiautomated fault interpretation based on seismic attributes
Bo Zhang, Yuancheng Liu, Michael Pelissier, and Nanne Hemstra
Interpretation
Relative acoustic impedance from wavelet transform
Marcílio Castro de Matos, Rodrigo Penna, Paulo Johann, and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Coherence attribute at different spectral scales
Fangyu Li and Wenkai Lu
Interpretation
Attribute expression of fault-controlled karst—Fort Worth Basin,Texas: A tutorial
Jie Qi, Bo Zhang, Huailai Zhou,and Kurt Marfurt
Interpretation
Observing fracture lineaments with Euler curvature
Satinder Chopra, and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Vector correlation of AVAz and curvature attribute-Application to Mississippian Tripolitic Chert, Osage County, Northeast Oklahoma
Shiguang Guo, Bo Zhang, Sumit Verma, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Lithofacies classification in Barnett Shale using proximal support vector machines
Tao Zhao, Vikram Jayaram, Kurt J. Marfurt and Huailai Zhou
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic facies analysis using generative topographic mapping
Satinder Chopra, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic attributes estimation using a self-adaptive window
Tengfei Lin, Deshuang Chang, Bo Zhang, Junxin Guo, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic attributes of time-vs. depth-migrated data using self-adaptive window
Tengfei Lin, Bo Zhang, Zhifa Zhan, Zhonghong Wan, Fangyu Li, Huailai Zhou and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Correlating curvature to fault propagation in clay modeled transfer zones
Marcus Cahoj, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic discontinuity attributes and Sobel filtering
Satinder Chopra, Rajive Kumar, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Automatic Event Detection on Noisy Microseismograms
Fangyu Li, Jamie Rich, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Churning seismic attributes with principal component analysis
Satinder Chopra, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Brittleness evaluation of resource plays by integrating petrophysics and seismic analysis
Bo Zhang,Shiguang Guo, Fangyu Li, Pan Li, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Enhancing the resolution of seismic data using improved time-frequency spectral modeling
Huailai Zhou, Changcheng Wang, Kurt J. Marfurt , Yiwei Jiang, and Jianxia Bi
SEG Expanded Abstract
Prestack suppression of high frequency ground roll using a 3D multiwindow KL filter:Application to a legacy Mississippi Lime survey
Sumit Verma, Shiguang Guo, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Random Noise Suppression Using Normalized Convolution Filter
Fangyu Li, Bo Zhang, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Isaac Hall
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic attributes and the road ahead
Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Strategies to preserve the data fidelity at far offset
Bo Zhang, Tao Zhao, Jie Qi and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Statistical Characterization and Geological Correlation of Wells Using Automatic Learning Gaussian Mixture Models
David Lubo, Vikram Jayaram, and Kurt J. Marfurt
URTeC Expanded Abstract
Published in 2013
Title Publication
Nonstretching NMO correction of prestack time-migrated gathers using a matching-pursuit algorithm
Bo Zhang, Kui Zhang, Shiguang Guo, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Integration of surface seismic, microseismic, and production logs for shale gas characterization: Methodology and field application
John Henry Alzate and Deepak Devegowda
Interpretation
Pitfalls in prestack inversion of merged seismic surveys
Sumit Verma, Yoryenys Del Moro, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Resolving subtle stratigraphic features using spectral ridges and phase residues
Oswaldo Davogustto, Marcílio Castro de Matos, Carlos Cabarcas, Toan Dao, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
A window into the Proterozoic: Integrating 3D seismic, gravity, and magnetic data to image subbasement structures in the southeast Fort Worth basin
Murari Khatiwada, G. Randy Keller, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Seismic azimuthal anisotropy analysis after hydraulic fracturing
Kui Zhang, Yanxia Guo, Bo Zhang, Amanda M. Trumbo and Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Azimuthal variations in attributes for induced fracture detection in the Barnett Shale
Amanda M. Trumbo and Jamie P. Rich
Interpretation
Characterizing a Mississippian tripolitic chert reservoir using 3D unsupervised and supervised multiattribute seismic facies analysis: An example from Osage County, Oklahoma
Atish Roy, Benjamin L. Dowdell, Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Seismic attribute driven integrated characterization of the Woodford Shale in west-central Oklahoma
Nabanita Gupta, Supratik Sarkar, Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Seismic characterization of a Mississippi Lime resource play in Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
Benjamin L. Dowdell, J. Tim Kwiatkowski, Kurt J. Marfurt
Interpretation
Preconditioning seismic data with 5D interpolation for computing geometric attributes
Satinder Chopra, and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Volumetric estimates of seismic reflector rotation and convergence- tools for mapping rotation about faults and seismic stratigraphy
Satinder Chopra, and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Structural curvature versus amplitude curvature
Satinder Chopra, and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Spectral decomposition of time- versus depth-migrated data
Tengfei Lin, Bo Zhang, Shiguang Guo, Kurt Marfurt, Zhonghong Wan, Yi Guo
SEG Expanded Abstract
Curvature gradient attributes for improved fault characterization
Jamie Rich, Kurt Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Semi-automated fault interpretation based on seismic attributes
Bo Zhang, Yuancheng Liu, Nanne Hemstra, Michael Pelissier
SEG Expanded Abstract
Preconditioning seismic data with 5D interpolation for computing geometric attributes
Satinder Chopra, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Amplitude-preserving imaging of aliased data using preconditioned Kirchhoff least-squares depth migration Alejandro Vargas, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Active learning algorithms in seismic facies classification
Atish Roy, Vikram Jayaram and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic imaging of spur and groove structures in the San Andres Formation, Midland Basin, Texas
Gabriel Machado, Kurt J. Marfurt, Oswaldo Davogustto and Matthew Pranter
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic modeling evaluation of fault illumination in the Woodford Shale
Sumit Verma, Onur Mutlu, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic data decomposition using singular points with a matching pursuit scheme
Toan Dao and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Characterizing a fault-zone and associated fractures using lab experiments and attribute-based seismic analysis: an example from Woodford Shale, Anadarko basin, Oklahoma
Zonghu Liao, Ze’ev Reches, Kurt J. Marfurt and Nabanita Gupta
SEG Expanded Abstract
Distance Metric Based Multi-attribute seismic facies classification to identify sweet spots within the Barnett Shale: A Case Study from the Fort Worth Basin, TX
Atish Roy, Vikram Jayaram and Kurt J. Marfurt
URTeC Expanded Abstract
Correlation of Azimuthal AVO Gradient Anisotropic Analysis and Curvature on Prediction of Fractures on Barnett Shale
Shiguang Guo, Bo Zhang, Tengfei Lin and Kurt J. Marfurt
URTeC Expanded Abstract
Why should we pay for merged survey that contains the data we already have? An Oklahoma Redfork Example
Yoryenys Del Moro, Alfredo Fernandez Abad and Kurt J. Marfurt
Shale Shaker
Published in 2012
Title Publication
Integration of hydraulically induced microseismic event locations with active seismic attributes: A North Texas Barnett Shale case study
Xavier E. Refunjol, Katie M. Keranen, Joël H. Le Calvez, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Evolution of seismic interpretation during the last three decades
Satinder Chopra, and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Seismic attribute expression of differential compaction
Satinder Chopra, and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Characterizing a Mississippian Tripolitic Chert reservoir using 3D unsupervised seismic facies analysis and well logs: an example from Osage County, Oklahoma
Atish Roy, Benjamin L. Dowdell, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
An integrated study of a Mississippian tripolitic chert reservoir Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
Benjamin L. Dowdell, Atish Roy,and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Using an HSV color map to visualize spectral phase and magnitude information for an incised valley system in the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma, USA
Bradley C. Wallet, Oswaldo Davogustto, Ralph Daber, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Mapping high frackability and high TOC zones in the Barnett Shale: Supervised Probabilistic Nueral Network vs. unsupervised multiattribute Kohonen SOM
Sumit Verma, Atish Roy, Roderick Perez, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Shale gas reservoir characterization workflows
Satinder Chopra, Ritesh K. Sharma, James Keay, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Improving reservoir geometry by integrating continuous wavelet transform seismic attributes
Marcilio Castro de Matos,Oswaldo Davogustto, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Calibration of surface seismic attributes to natural fractures using horizontal image logs,Mississippian Lime, Osage County, Oklahoma
Henry White, Ben Dowdell, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Ze’ev Reches
SEG Expanded Abstract
Interesting directions being pursued in seismic curvature attribute analysis
Satinder Chopra, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Noise suppression using preconditioned least-squares prestack time migration: Application to the Mississippian Limestone
Shiguang Guo, Bo Zhang, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
The value of production logging combined with 3D surface seismic in unconventional plays characterization
John Henry Alzate, Roderick Perez, Deepak Devegowda, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic characterization of delta front sand bodies in Lower Magdalena Valley basin and their potentiality as reservoirs in Cienaga de Oro Formation, Colombia.
Emilio J. Torres, Kurt J. Marfurt,and Carlos Molinares
SEG Expanded Abstract
Time-lapse (4D) seismic effects: Reservoir sensitivity to stress and water saturation
Sunday O. Amoyedo, Kurt J. Marfurt and Roger M. Slatt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Quantitative correlation of fluid flow to curvature lineaments
Yanxia Guo, Kui Zhang, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Framework for EUR correlation to Seismic Attributes in the Barnett Shale, TX
Melia Da Silva, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Applying an adaptive subtraction technique to suppress the acquisition footprint pattern as seen on geometric attributes: A Red Fork Formation case study
Yavuz Ozan ELIS and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Published in 2011
Title Publication
Integrated geophysical studies of the basement structures, the Mississippi chert,and the Arbuckle Group of Osage County region, Oklahoma
Olubunmi O. Elebiju, Shane Matson, G. Randy Keller, and Kurt J. Marfurt
AAPG Bulletin
Interesting pursuits in seismic curvature attribute analysis
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
CSEG Recorder
Detecting stratigraphic discontinuities using time-frequency seismic phase residues
Marcilio Castro de Matos, Oswaldo Davogustto, Kui Zhang, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Time-lapse (4D) effect and reservoir sand production pattern in a mature North Sea field
Sunday Amoyedo, Roger M. Slatt, and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Inversion and attribute-assisted hydraulically induced microseismic frature characterization in the North Texas Barnett Shale
Xavier E. Refunjol, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Joel H. Le Calvez
The Leading Edge
The value of visualization with more than 256 colors
Toan Dao and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Diffraction image-application to a Fractured Limestone
Shiguang Guo and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic characterization of the Woodford shale in the Anadarko basin
Nabanita Gupta, Supratik Sarkar, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Inverse Continuous Wavelet Transform "Deconvolution"
Marcilio Matos and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Cluster assisted 3D and 2D unsupervised seismic facies analysis, an example from the Barnett Shale Formation in the Fort Worth Basin, Texas
Atish Roy and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Curvature-fracture relations in clay experiments
Evan Staples, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Ze'ev Reches
SEG Expanded Abstract
Suppression of aliasing artifacts on 3D land data via Constrained Least-Squares Migration
Alejandro Cabrales-Vargas, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Bo Zhang
SEG Expanded Abstract
Relation between seismic curvatures and fractures identified from image logs - application to the Mississippian reservoirs of Oklahoma, USA
Malleswar Yenugu and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Correlation of AVO inversion methods with porosity seen on logs and cores: A case study for Mississippian chert reservoir of Oklahoma, USA
Malleswar Yenugu, Kurt J. Marfurt, Charles Wickstrom, and Shane Matson
SEG Expanded Abstract
Published in 2010
Title Publication
Investigation of links between Precambrian basement structure and Paleozoic strata in the Forth Worth basin, Texas, USA, using high-resolution aeromagnetic (HRAM) data and seismic attributes
Olubunmi O. Elebiju, G. Randy Keller, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
P- and S-wave delineation of the Horseshoe Atoll, Diamon-M Field, Texas, USA
Carlos Russian, Roderick Perez, Kurt J. Marfurt, Oswaldo Davogustto, Hani Alzahrani, amd Alison Small
The Leading Edge
Generation of sea-level curves from depositional pattern as seen through seismic attributes-seismic geomorphology analysis of an MTC-rich shallow sediment column, northern Gulf of Mexico
Supratik Sarkar, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Roger M. Slatt
The Leading Edge
Seismic texture analysis for reservoir prediction and characterization
Malleswar Yenugu, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Shane Matson
The Leading Edge
Time lapse (4D) effect in Forties Field, UK, North Sea; reservoir strain: implication for sand production
Sunday Amoyedo, Roger M. Slatt, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Correlating heterogeneous production to seismic curvature attributes in an Australian coalbed methane field
Jeremy C. Fisk, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Dennis Cooke
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic attribute illumination of Woodford Shale faults and fractures, Arkoma Basin, OK
Yanxia Guo, Kui Zhang, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Beyond curvature - volumetric estimates of reflector rotation and convergence
Kurt J. Marfurt and Jamie Rich
SEG Expanded Abstract
Continuous wavelet transform phase residues applied to detect stratigraphic discontinuities
Marcilio Matos, Oswaldo Davogustto, Kui Zhang, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Inversion and attribute-assisted hydraulically-induced microseismic fracture prediction: A North Texas Barnett Shale case study
Xavier E. Refunjol, Katie M. Keranen, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Applying Self Ogranizing Maps of Multiple Attributes, an Example from the Red-Fork Formation, Anadarko Basin
Atish Roy, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Marcilio Matos
SEG Expanded Abstract
Fracture analysis using 3D seismic attributes in the Hunton Limesont, Oklahoma, USA
Evan Staples, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Ze'ev Reches
SEG Expanded Abstract
Fracture characterization through the use of azimuthally sectored attribute volumes
Amanda Thompson, Jamie Rich, and Mike Ammerman
SEG Expanded Abstract
Probalistic Neural Network inversion for characterization of coalbed methane
Malleswar Yenugu, Jeremy C. Fisk, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Dennis Cooke
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic azimuthal impedance anisotropy in the Barnett Shale
Kui Zhang, Bo Zhang, J. Tim Kwiatkowski, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Published in 2009
Title Publication
Using 3D seismic volumetric curvature attributes to identify fracture trends in a depleted Mississippian carbonate reservoir: Implications for assessing candidates for CO2 sequetration
Susan E. Nissen, Timothy R. Carr, Kurt J. Marfurt, and E. Charlotte Sullivan
AAPG Bulletin
Impact of shallow volcanics on seismic data quality in Chicontepec Basin, Mexico
Victor Pena, Sergio Chávez-Pérez, Marco Vázquez-García, and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Integrated seismic texture segmentation and clustering analysis to improved delineation of reservoir geometry
Miguel Angelo, Marcilio Matos, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Geophysical evidence of basement controlled faulting in the Ellenburger Group and Viola Limestone, Fort Worth Basin, Texas
Elizabeth Baruch, Olubunmi O. Elebiju, and Roderick Perez
SEG Expanded Abstract
Delineation by seismic attribute algorithms of fracture patterns in a 3D GPR volume
Oswaldo Davogustto, Roger A. Young, and Ibrahim Cemen
SEG Expanded Abstract
Footprint removal using adaptive subtraction algorithms for seismic attribute quality enhancement: A case study of Anadarko Basin Red Fork incised valley system
Oswaldo Davogustto, Yoscel Suarez, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic modeling of incised valley fills of the Red Fork Formation in the Anadarko Basin... A way to resolve invisible channels
Yoryenys Del Moro, Yoscel Suarez, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Map complex fracture systems as termite mounds - a fast marching approach
Hao Guo, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Jiang Shu
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Curvatures lineament and multi-attribute display of full-stack PP, SS, and Acoustic Impedance seismic data - Diamond-M field, West Texas
Ha T. Mai, Carlos F. Russian, Kurt J. Marfurt, Roger A. Young, and Alison Weir Small
SEG Expanded Abstract
Coherence and volumetric curvatures and their spatial relationship to faults and folds, an example from Chicontepec basin, Mexico
Ha T. Mai, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Sergio Chavez-Perez
SEG Expanded Abstract
Multi-attributes display and rose diagrams for interpretation of seismic fracture lineaments, example from Cuu Long basin, Vietnam
Ha T. Mai, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Mai Thanh Tan
SEG Expanded Abstract
Volume Attribute Analysis of PP and SS data from the Horshoe Atoll, TX
Carlos F. Russian, Roger A. Young, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Alison Weir Small
SEG Expanded Abstract
Reservoir characterization of unconventional gas shale reservoirs: example from the Barnett Shale, Texas, USA
Prerna Singh, Roger Slatt, Gabriel Borges, Roderick Perez, Romina Portas, Kurt J. Marfurt, Michael Ammerman, and william Coffey
Shale Shaker - OCGS
Published in 2008
Title Publication
Mapping multiple attributes to three- and four-component color models - A tutorial
Hao Guo, Sean Lewis, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
New azimuthal binning for improved delineation of faults and fractures
Gabriel Perez and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Warping prestack imaged data to improve stack quality and resolution
Gabriel Perez and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Attribute expression of basement faulting - Time versus depth migration
Suat Aktepe, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Roderick Perez
The Leading Edge
Emerging and future trends in seismic attributes
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Structure architecture interpretation of the middle Frio Formation using 3D seismic attributes and well logs: an example from the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States
Hamed El-Mowafy and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
A grand tour of multispectral components: A tutorial
Bradley C. Wallet and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Some applications of wavelet transform in seismic data processing
Milos Cvetkovic, Nebojsa Pralica, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Sergio Chavez-Perez
SEG Expanded Abstract
Comparison of some algorithms for acquisition footprint supporession and their effect on attribute analysis
Milos Cvetkovic, Nebojsa Pralica, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Sergio Chavez-Perez
SEG Expanded Abstract
Attribute-driven footprint suppression
Scott Falconer and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstracts
Attribute-aided Interpretation of Common Angle Volumes
Sean Lewis
SEG Expanded Abstract
Case History of a CO2 Sequestration Study in Progress, Dickman Field, Kansas
Christopher L. Liner, Tom Bjorklund, Jianjung Zeng, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
3D seismic visualization of shelf-margin to slop channels using curvature attributes
Felipe A. Lozano and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Attribute Illumination of Basement Faults, Cuu Long Basin, Vietnam
Ha T. Mai and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Brazilian deep water carbonate reservoir study using the Wavelet Transform Teager-Kaiser Energy
Marcilio Matos, Kurt J. Marfurt, Paulo Johann, and Joao Adolfo Rosseto
SEG Expanded Abstract
Attribute Expression of Mass Transport Deposits in an Intraslope Basin - A Case Study
Supratik Sarkar, Kurt J. Marfurt, Belinda Ferrero Hodgson, and Roger M. Slatt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic attribute-assisted interpreation of channel geometries and infill lithology: A case study of Anadarko Basin Red Fork channels
Yoscel Suarez, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Mark Falk
SEG Expanded Abstract
Volumetric application of skewed spectra
Kui Zhang, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Yanxia Guo
SEG Expanded Abstract
Time-frequency domain spectral balancing and phase dispersion compensation
Kui Zhang, Kurt J. Marfurt, Marcilio Matos, and Tim Kwiatkowski
SEG Expanded Abstract
Principal Components Analysis of Spectral Components
Hao Guo, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Jianlei Liu

Published in 2007
Title Publication
Blind thrusts and fault-related folds int eh Upper Cretaceous Alberta Group, deep basin, west-central Alberta: implications for fractured reservoirs
Bruce S. Hart, Bogdan L. Varban, Kurt J. Marfurt, and A. Guy Plint
Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology
Volumetric curvature attributes for fault/fracture characterization
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
First Break
Lineament-preserving filtering
Saleh al-Dossary and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Instantaneous spectral attributes to detect channels
Jianlei Liu and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Improving lateral and vertical resolution of seismic images by correcting for wavelet stretch in commong-angle migration
Gabriel Perez and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Fracture Patterns within Mudstones on the Flanks of a Salt Dome: Syneresis or Slumping?
Morenike O. Coker, Janok P. Bhattacharya, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions
Seismic Geomorphology of a salt-controlled Deltaic Deopositional System
Oyetayo M. Akintokunbo and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Imaging of Basement Control of Shallow Deformation; Application to Fort Worth Basin
Suat Aktepe, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Highlight Volumes: Condensing Spectral Decomposition to Two Volumes
Charles H. Blumentritt and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Volumetric curvature attributes adding value to 3D seismic data interpretation
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Seismic attributes for fault/fracture characterization
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
2D Stationary Wavelet Transform based Acquistion Footprint Suppression
Milos Cvetkovic, Scott Falconer, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Sergio Chavez-Perez
SEG Expanded Abstract
Azimuthal binning for improved fracture delineation
Gabriel Perez, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Susan Nissan
SEG Expanded Abstract
Volumetric curvature attributes add value to 3D seismic data interpretation
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Multicolor display of spectral attributes
Jianlei Liu and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Curvature attribute applications to 3D surface seismic data
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Published in 2006
Title Publication
3D volumetric multispectral estiates of reflector curvature and rotation
Saleh al-Dossary and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Volume-based curvature computation illuminate fracture orientations - Early to mid-Paleozoic, Central Basin Platform, west Texas
Charles H. Blumentritt, Kurt J. Marfurt, and E. Charlotte Sullivan
Geophysics
Rock-property and seismic-attribute analysis of a chert reservoir in the Devonian Thirty-one Formation, west Texas, USA
Dongjun Fu, E. Charlotte Sulliva, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Robust estimates of 3D reflector dip and azimuth
Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Application of new seismic attributes to collapse chimneys in the Fort Worth Basin
E. Charlotte Sullivan, Kurt J. Marfurt, Alfred Lacazette, and Mike Ammerman
Geophysics
Seismic geomorphology of Paleozoic collapse features in the Fort Worth Basin (USA)
E.C. Sullivan, K.J. Marfurt, C. Blumentritt, and M. Ammerman
Geological Society London
Searching for similarity in a slab of seismic data
Stephen J. Hill, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Satinder Chopra
The Leading Edge
Marmousi2: An elastic upgrade for Marmousi
Gary S. Martin, Robert Wiley, and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Published in 2005
Title Publication
Seismic attributes - A historical perspective
Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Processing and geometric attribute analysis of 3D PS-converted waves
Claudio D'Agosto, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Reinaldo J. Michaelena
The Leading Edge
Published in 2004
Title Publication
Inter Azimuth Coherence Attribute for Fracture Detection
Saleh al-Dossary, Yves Simon, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Channel detection using seismic attributes on the Central Basin Platform, west Texas
Charles H. Blumentritt, E. Charlotte Sullivan, and Kurt J. Marfurt
SEG Expanded Abstract
Published in 2003
Title Publication
Seismic attribute delineation of lineaments and reservoir compartmentalization: An example from the Devonian Dollarhide field, Central Basin Platform, west Texas
Isabel C. Serrano, Charles H. Blumentritt, Charlotte Sullivan, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Michael Murphy
SEG Expanded Abstract
Published in 2001
Title Publication
Narrow-band spectral analysis and thin-bed tuning
Kurt J. Marfurt and R. Lynn Kirlin
Geophysics
Published in 2000
Title Publication
3D broad-band estimates of reflector dip and amplitude
Kurt J. Marfurt and R. Lynn Kirlin
Geophysics
Published in 1999
Title Publication
Eigenstructure-based coherence computations as an aid to 3D structural and stratigraphic mapping
Adam Gersztenkorn and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Coherency calculations in the presence of structural dip
Kurt J. Marfurt, V. Sudkaker, Adam Gersztenskorn, Kelly D. Crawford, and Susan E. Nissen
Geophysics
The effect of 3D prestack seismic migration on seismic coherence and amplitude variability
Walter E. Rietveld, Jan H. Kommedal, and Kurt J. Marfurt
Geophysics
Delineation of tectonic features offshore Trinidad using 3D seismic coherence
Adam Gersztenkorn, John Sharp, and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
Toward true amplitude multiple removal
M.M. Nurul Kabir and Kurt J. Marfurt
The Leading Edge
3D seismic attributes applied to carbonates
Christine Skirius, Sue Nissen, Norman Haskell, Kurt Marfurt, Scott Hadley, Dave Terenes, Karin Michel, Ian Reglar, Dave D'Amico, Fred Deliencourt, Tony Romero, Richard D'Angelo, and Bill Brown
The Leading Edge
Published in 1998
Title Publication
Suppression of the acquisition footprint for seismic sequence attribute mapping
Kurt J. Marfurt, Ronald M. Scheet, John A. Sharp, and Mark G. Harper
Geophysics
3D seismic attributes using a semblance-based coherency algorithm
Kurt J. Marfurt, R. Lynn Kirlin, Steven L. Farmer, and Michael S. Bahorich
Geophysics