Seismic Studio

Tutorial - Part 4
Stack QC

Boulder, Colorado USA

November, 2004

Overview
Stack slice QC generates arbitrary 2D lines, called
slices from your 3D prospect.
You specify the CMP spacing and grab radius for
each line. Traces can therefore be multiply
assigned to CMPs. This can take some time.
You pick a velocity field using semblance analysis
for each stack. This velocity field is throw-away;
it does not get exported.
You create stacks and can look at any two stacks
from the current slice.
The traces you stack are the actual un-decond
data you use for your refraction picking.

Stack QC Window
Accessed under Stacks
on the Menu Bar

The Stack Slice window provides a wide range of

functionality:
Slice selection along any arbitrary line
Semblance velocity analysis
Stack with and without statics
Azimuthal limitation

Stack Slice Window

Works from slices you select from
your data
Is map-driven
Drag a line on the map to create a slice
Set a CMP spacing and capture radius

Creates a 2D SEG-Y file for each slice

Slice Manager
Delete old slices
Select current slice from list

Control Pane 1
You drive the
window from
here

Control Pane 2
This contains
the map and
map controls

Trace and
Semblance
Display Pane
This is where
you see
everything

Control
Pane 1
Stack display provides control over stack trace display
parameters: wiggle, fill color, trace excursion, etc.
Stack filter for applying simple bandpass filter and
some gain options
Salience experimental lets not go there
Auto picker experimental we are developing some
automatic velocity picking functionality
Azimuth for azimuthally limiting traces in the
semblance analysis and in the stack.
Semblance/Mute for setting min/max velocities in the
semblance and the stretch mute percentage
(** Bold italics indicate important, often used tabs.)

Control
Pane 1
Slice Manager this is where you select which
slice you want to work on
Statics for applying static corrections
Gather filter for applying a bandpass filter
and gain options
Stack manager this is where you actually
name your stacks and generate them
Gather display provides control over stack
trace display parameters: wiggle, fill color, trace
excursion, etc.

Resize bars
click and drag

Change map to any

value in database

Here we have gone to

the Slice manager and
see a slice we created
back in Feb, 2004.

We have pulled up the

resize bar to make the
base map bigger. The
black line shows the
existing slice.

To create a new slice

simply click and drag a
line across the map.

You will see this dialog for creating a new 2D SEGY file.

Then you see this information dialog.

This dialog comes up. There are two

passes. The first pass counts. Then
space is allocated. The second pass
creates the actual SEG-Y file. The second
pass can take a while for long lines with
wide trace radii.

Click on these navigation buttons to

move into the line.
Select the line in the Slice manager, the
line is highlighted in red on the map.

Once you see a CMP gather you

like, you can pick velocities.

As you move your

mouse across the
gather, the green
line on the base
map indicates the
shot/receiver line
for each trace.

Left click to set

velocity points.

Click D to
delete the
closest point to
the mouse.

Click on Velocity display

and push the Recompute
velocity field from knees
button.

Now you can drive the

velocity analysis from this
display. Left-click where
you want to pick a new
velocity point.

Go back to the Velocity display and click the Recompute button again.

Break time
So, at this point we have:
Created a slice
Computed a velocity field.

But our data have no statics applied,

we will do that later. First, lets create
a stack with no statics applied.

Second, click on the Stack manager

tab

First, resize Control Pane 1 so you

can see more controls.

1. Type in the name for your stack.

2. Type in the
maximum time for
your stack. The
default is 1000
msec.
3. Click on Create new stack button

To see your stack, click

on the View two stacks
tab.

Then click on the stack name in the drop down list, and click Load.

Applying statics
Now we will create a stack with
statics applied.

Click on the Statics tab

Click on the Apply statics from the selected header radio button.

The default header location is Static

Correction which is where your current
refraction statics are stored.

Recompute stacking velocities

Now you should repick your velocities,
because they after refraction statics
are applied they will change.

We recommend repicking the

velocities at the previous
locations.

The best way to do this is to

zoom
in (right
mouse
Click
carefully
on button)
one of the dots
on a previous location then
left click.

This one doesnt need much change.

This one should be changed,

especially under 700 msec.

Recompute the velocity field

Create a new stack dont forget to name it

Now you have two stacks and they zoom together.

Conclusions
Slice stack QC is for checking the
quality of your statics solution.
You can create as many stacks as
you want.
The window only keeps one velocity
field at a time. You cannot save a
velocity field to retrieve it later.
You cannot export a velocity field to
another processing system.