Manual stratigraphic interpretation of modern 3-D seismic images is a tedious and timeconsuming process. We present a method based on nonstationary predictive signal/noise separation for automatically recognizing the occurence of an arbitrary, predefined pattern, or facies template, in seismic images. Similarity of local data windows to the facies template is measured by an attribute which has ...

A non-parametric statistical method of tracking rapidly changing dynamical systems is introduced. The method implements the non-linear wavelet thresholding estimator to estimate the evolutionary transfer function of the system. The consistency and optimality of the resulting estimate of our method on rapidly changing systems are stated, while no linear estimator can achieve the same optimality....

This work is dedicated to the analysis of Berenger PML method applied to the 3D linearized Euler equations without advection terms, with variable wave velocity and acoustic impedance. It is an extension of a previous work presented in a 2D context [8]. The 3D linearized Euler equations are used to simulate propagation of acoustic waves beneath the subsurface. We propose an analysis of these equ...

Nonextensive statistical mechanics, pioneered by Tsallis, has recently achieved a generalization of the Gutenberg-Richter law for earthquakes. This remarkable generalization is combined here with natural time analysis, which enables the distinction of two origins of self-similarity, i.e., the process' memory and the process' increments infinite variance. By using also detrended fluctuation anal...

we consider the bifurcation of periodic solutions from an equilibrium point of the given equation: x =f(x,?) , where x ? r , ? is a vector of real parameters ? , ? , ... , ? and f:r x r ->r has at least second continuous derivations in variables

Exxon Neftegas Limited, operator of the Sakhalin-1 consortium, is developing oil and gas reserves on the continental shelf off northeast Sakhalin Island, Russia. DalMorNefteGeofizika (DMNG), on behalf of the Sakhalin-1 consortium, conducted a 3-D seismic survey of the Odoptu license area during 17 August-9 September 2001. A portion of the primary known feeding area of the endangered western gra...

Since the catastrophic Sumatra-Andaman tsunami took place in 2004, 16 other tsunamis have resulted in significant damage and 14 in casualties. We review the fundamental changes that have affected our command of tsunami issues as scientists, engineers and decision-makers, in the quest for improved wisdom in this respect. While several scientific paradigms have had to be altered or abandoned, new...

Attributes remain to be of the utmost importance for the characterization of seismic data. Especially in the scale-range where tuning effects play, the understanding of what is happening, and the subsequent technology to extract the proper attributes from the huge seismic data-volumes remains current. This study starts with the analysis of a set of typical petrophysical log shapes. These log sh...

sarcheshmeh copper mine, with the final reserves of 828 million tons of sulfur ore and average grade of 0.74%, is known to be the largest open pit of iran and most probably the second largest copper mine in the world. this mine is located in the seismotectonic zone of central-iran, and 23 km away from the 150 km long rafsanjan active fault.in this study the vulnerability of the west wall of the...