Patent ID: 7660195
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: G01V

Abstract:
1. A method, including: initiating a first transmitted signal into material comprising a geologic formation; generating averaged compensated attenuation values associated with a first set of multiple signals received by multiple receivers along multiple paths between the multiple receivers from the first transmitted signal as a function of reception time and material velocity associated with the material; and at least one of storing the averaged compensated attenuation values in a memory or displaying the averaged compensated attenuation values on a display, wherein the averaged compensated attenuation values are determined by peaks in a compensated slowness-time attenuation (STA) map corresponding to peaks in a slowness-time coherency (STC) map, wherein each time, slowness point value in the STA map corresponds to a time, slowness point in the STC map, and wherein the STA map comprises the averaged compensated attenuation values.