Articles | Volume 10, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1049-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1049-2019
Research article
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05 Jul 2019
Research article |  | 05 Jul 2019

Quantification of uncertainty in 3-D seismic interpretation: implications for deterministic and stochastic geomodeling and machine learning

Alexander Schaaf and Clare E. Bond

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Seismic reflection data allow us to infer subsurface structures such as horizon and fault surfaces. The interpretation of this indirect data source is inherently uncertainty, and our work takes a first look at the scope of uncertainties involved in the interpretation of 3-D seismic data. We show how uncertainties of fault interpretations can be related to data quality and discuss the implications for the 3-D modeling of subsurface structures derived from 3-D seismic data.