Patent Document ID: 20120044784
Application ID: 12860717
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for determining a location of a geological layer in a subterranean formation from seismic data, comprising: receiving the seismic data representing an interaction of the geological layer with propagation of a seismic wave; identifying, from the seismic data, a source wavelet representing a portion of the seismic wave impinging on a boundary of the geological layer; providing a geological layer template of the geological layer comprising primary and secondary reflection interfaces associated with reflectivity based on material properties of the geological layer; generating a wavelet response template by applying the source wavelet to the geological layer template using a mathematical convolution operation to model seismic wave interference caused by the primary and secondary reflection interfaces; identifying an extremum of the seismic data associated with the geological layer; and determining, based on the extremum of the seismic data, the location of the geological layer in the subterranean formation using the wavelet response template.