Stratal Slice: A Tool for Seismic Sedimentologic Imaging and Reservoir Prediction

Seismic sedimentology is the use of seismic data in the study of sedimentary rocks and the processes by which they were formed. Stratal slice is now a widely used tool for sedimentologic study with reservoir-level resolution. Stratal-slice imaging overcomes some limits of classic seismic stratigraphy caused by inadequate seismic resolution and difficulties in picking higher-order depositional time surfaces. Seismic sedimentology has become a useful tool for prospecting of stratigraphic traps. Major benefits include, but are not limited to, an improvement in facies imaging and high-frequency sequence stratigraphy and more efficient thin reservoir prediction.