OpendTect User Documentation version 3.2
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Attribute

An attribute is a derived quantity from a seismic input set. Attributes in OpendTect are defined by a name, a value, and a position in 3D space (inline, cross-line and Z (2WT or depth)). Attributes can be calculated from single-trace, multi-trace, and multi-volume inputs. They can be steered and/or chained.

Steered attributes are multi-trace attributes in which the trace segments are found by following a (pre-)calculated dip-azimuth. Chained attributes are attributes derived from other attributes. For example, Similarity and Energy are separate attributes that can be chained to calculate the Similarity of the Energy using the "Position" attribute.

See Also: Attribute set.

Attribute set

An attribute set is an entity consisting of a group of attributes. Usually attributes in a defined attribute set have something in common. For example, all attributes in a set have the potential to highlight an object type of interest, or a combined attribute, using all other attributes as intermediate results. This would be a desirable output.

See Also: Attribute.

Crossline dip

Dip in the direction of the Crossline axis, or in the direction of increasing crosslines.

See Also: Inline dip.

Inline dip

Dip in the direction of the Inline axis, or in the direction of increasing inline numbers.

See Also: Crossline dip.

Meta attribute

A meta-attribute is an attribute created from multiple input attributes. In OpendTect, a meta attribute is created either through neural networks, or through mathematical manipulations and/or logical operations. For example, TheChimneyCubeŽ and TheFaultCubeŽ are meta-attributes. See the Ridge enhancement filter attribute set from the Default attribute sets for an example of a meta-attribute created through math and logic. The meta-attribute in this set is the last attribute in the list.

See Also: Attribute set.

Pickset

A Pickset is a collection of picked locations, i.e. inline-crossline-Z information. Picksets are part of a Pickset Group. For example a Pickset Group containing picks at fault locations may consist of different fault Picksets to differentiate between large faults and small faults, or to reflect picks on different inlines.

See Also: Pickset group.

Pickset group

A Pickset group is a collection of different Picksets. Usually Picksets are grouped because they refer to the same object, e.g. Chimney_yes or Chimney_no.

See Also: Pickset.


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