1 Introduction. - Stratigraphie Patterns in Seismie Data. - Seismie Stratigraphy Subdivisions. - Seismie Limitations. - Stratigraphie Traps. - 2 Processing for Stratigfraphic Interpretation. - Proeessing Objectives. - Examples of Proeessing Improvements. - Migration. - Wavelet Processing. - Summary. - 3 Seismic Sequence Analysis: The Geologic Models. - Geologic Sealevel Change Model. - Reflections as Constant Time Indicators. - Picking Seismic Sequences. - Alternate Concepts. - 4 Seismic Sequence Analysis: The Implementation. - Picking of Unconformities to Separate Seismic Sequences. - Mapping Seismic Sequences in Three Dimensions. - Examples. - Summary of Procedure. - 5 Seismic Facies Analysis and Reef Patterns. - Seismic Facies. - Types of Reflection Characteristics. - Examples. - Diiferent Concepts of Marine Onlap. - Classification Table for Clastic Facies. - Reef Patterns. - Distinguishing Characteristics of Reefs. - 6 Velocity and Resolution. - Velocity as a Diagnostic. - Measurement of Velocity. - Resolution. - Fresnel-Zone Effects. - 7 The Composition of a Seismic Trace: Modeling. - The Modehng Concept. - The Convolutional Model. - Reflectivity. - Forward Modeling: Synthetic Seismogram Manufacture. - Inverse Modeling: Seismic Log Manufacture. - Examples of Inversion. - 8 Reflection Character Analysis. - Simple Situations. - Amplitude as an Important Discriminant. - Case Studies. - Summary of Interpretation Procedures. - 9 Hydrocarbon Indicators. - Seismic Attributes. - Other Hydrocarbon Indicators. - Examples of Color-Attribute Interpretation. - Defining Reservoir Limits. - Summary of Hydrocarbon Indicators. - Envoi. - References. Language: English