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The interest in seismic stratigraphic techniques to interpret seismic datasets is expanding continuously. The advent of sophisticated subsurface reservoir studies and 4D monitoring, for optimizing the hydrocarbon production in existing fields, do demonstrate the importance of the 3D seismic methodology. 

The added value of reflection seismic has clearly been proven in the last decades and it was especially beneficial on the petroleum development side. Seismic reflection profiles form a vast and solid data source of information on the structure of the subsurface. The seismic dataset gets nowadays explored in ever greater detail. These kind of investigations provide a vital tool for delineation of subtle hydro-carbon traps and are essential in regional basin analysis. 

The big advantage of seismic stratigraphy in basin studies lies in the fact that the methodology combines two very different scales of observation: the seismic and well-control approach. This explains why many work-ers are using seismic stratigrahic principles to evaluate their seismic observations. 

Handbook of Geophysical Exploration

Seismic Exploration

Seismic Stratigraphy, Basin Analysis and Reservoir Characterization

P.C.H. Veeken

Introduction

The Seismic Reflection Method and Some of Its Constraints

Seismic Stratigraphic Techniques

Dynamics of Basinwide Sedimentation Patterns and sealevel Changes

Hydrocarbon Habit

Seismic Reservoir Characterisation

Volumetrics and Prospect Evaluaton

Concluding Remarks