WAVELET-TRANSFORM BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING CHARACTERISTICS OF A GEOLOGICAL FORMATION

摘要

A method for analyzing characteristics of a geological formation includes obtaining at a processor data representative of at least one of stratigraphic, structural, or physical characteristics of the geological formation, applying at the processor a wavelet transform to at least a portion of the obtained data or data interpreted or derived from the obtained data to derive one or more wavelet transform coefficients representative of the obtained data, segmenting at the processor at least one or more of the obtained data or data interpreted or derived from the obtained data into segments, determining at the processor a measure of variability of the obtained data or the data interpreted or derived from the obtained data over each segment at one or more scales of the wavelet transform, wherein the measure of variability is based at least on the wavelet transform coefficients corresponding to each segment, and analyzing at the processor each segment based on the determined measure of variability to produce a stratigraphic, structural, or physical classification of the geological formation.