Patent ID: 8781749

Claim:
A method for attenuating noise in seismic data that includes a plurality of seismic traces, comprising: receiving the plurality of seismic traces, wherein respective seismic traces in the plurality of seismic traces were acquired using respective receivers during a seismic survey; forming a four-dimensional volume based at least in part on the plurality of seismic traces, the four-dimensional volume having: respective trace numbers that correspond to the respective receivers as a first dimension; respective times at which the respective seismic traces were acquired as a second dimension; respective shot numbers that correspond to the respective seismic traces as a third dimension; respective cable numbers that correspond to the respective seismic traces as a fourth dimension; and applying, using a microprocessor, a noise attenuation filter to the four-dimensional volume, wherein applying the noise attenuation filter comprises: comparing a seismic trace to an adjacent seismic trace in the four-dimensional volume, wherein the adjacent seismic trace is adjacent to the seismic trace with respect to time, cable number, or combinations thereof; and if a portion of the seismic trace is not substantially continuous with a portion of the adjacent seismic trace, attenuating the portion of the seismic trace.