Patent Document ID: 8515678
Application ID: 12846035
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for performing chrono-stratigraphic interpretation of a subterranean formation, comprising: obtaining a seismic volume comprising a plurality of stratigraphic features of the subterranean formation, wherein the plurality of stratigraphic features are deformed by a plurality of structural events; performing, using a processor of a computer system, a structural restoration of the seismic volume to generate a restored seismic volume by removing deformation due to the plurality of structural events, wherein the restored seismic volume comprises a plurality of restored stratigraphic features; performing, using the processor, a chrono-stratigraphic interpretation based on the restored seismic volume to generate a plurality of chrono-stratigraphic objects each associated with a respective relative geologic age; displaying the plurality of chrono-stratigraphic objects in a chrono-stratigraphic space according to the respective relative geologic age of each of the plurality of stratigraphic objects; displaying the seismic volume in a structural domain; correlating the plurality of chrono-stratigraphic objects displayed in the chrono-stratigraphic space and the plurality of stratigraphic features displayed in the structural domain to obtain a correlation; validating the chrono-stratigraphic interpretation based on the correlation; identifying a thickness of a stratigraphic feature of the plurality of stratigraphic features based on the seismic volume; obtaining a deposition rate of the stratigraphic feature; identifying a chrono-stratigraphic object of the plurality of chrono-stratigraphic objects as corresponding to the stratigraphic feature based on the correlation; and determining the respective relative geologic age of the chrono-stratigraphic object based at least on the thickness and the deposition rate.