Patent Document ID: 20040128074
Application ID: 10330401
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for processing seismic traces to provide seismic data with enhanced signal-to-noise ratio which may be used to create enhanced display traces, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a seismic survey of traces collected over an areal region; (b) selecting a working subset of traces from a subregion of the areal region using a supergather aperture; (c) selecting a model subset of traces from the working subset of traces using a predetermined set of rules such that the model subset of traces is selected from proximate the center of the working subregion; (d) compositing the model subset of traces to form at least one model trace; and (e) creating a modified subset of traces by comparing the individual traces with the at least one model trace using an alignment technique.