Seismic Attributes for Acoustic Full Waveforms

Acoustic full waveforms (AFW) can be regarded as an elastic wave field generated and recorded in borehole. In spite of significant differences with seismics, physical background of both methods is the same and some seismic procedures can be included in processing of AFW. This paper presents how to calculate seismic attributes for AFW with the use of traditional seismic software. The goal was to get numerical values of the attributes for P (compressional), S (shear), and Stoneley waves and using them in quantitative interpretation. Results were applied to enhance recognition of the facies distribution in the carbonate rocks in the Polish Lowland. Proposed methodology has potential in detail characterization of the rock formations and it proves that the attributes can be included in quantitative interpretation of AFW.