A Chronicle of the Development of Automatic First-Break Pick Principles and Softwares in 2D/3D Seismic Exploration
Resumen
With evolving theories and technologies over the years, various techniques and programs have been developed for automatic first break pick. The paper presents a review of these techniques and programs. Most of the techniques are based on identifying a certain property of the trace where the first arrival occurs. Some methods also rely on comparison of the trace with its neighboring trace. These different techniques for detecting first arrivals give slightly different arrival times, however, in a situation of very low Signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio, their accuracy are affected differently; while some show high accuracy, others do not. Besides, different seismic companies and geoscientists have developed their first break automatic pick programs. More programs are being developed with increase in technological advancement.
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