OpendTect

tool: OpendTect

Purpose: 

A software application for analysing and visualising multi-volume seismic data. OpendTect may be used to analyse 2D, 3D and 4D pre- and post-stack seismic data.

Features: 
  • Visualization and analysis of 2D and 3D seismic data in a single survey
  • 2D and 3D horizon tracking including auto-tracking, plane-by-plane, line and manual tracking
  • On-the-fly calculation and visualization of various attributes and filters
  • Plug-in architecture
A&H use case 1 description: 
The North Sea Palaeolandscapes project used OpendTect to produce a 3D seismic model of the British continental shelf. The model was used to visualise landscapes that may have been populated by humans in the late Quaternary and Holocene period, but which are now submersed underwater.
Publisher: 
Freshmeat
Creator: 
OpendTect project
Specifications: 
Open Graphics Library (OpenGL)
Data capture: 
Geophysical survey
Data analysis: 
Content analysis
Software/programming languages used: 
OpendTect
Discipline: 
Archaeology
Data structuring and enhancement: 
Graphical rendering
Tags: 
geography
seismic
archaeology
Practice-led research: 
2d graphic design
3d graphic design
Platform: 
Microsoft Windows
Mac OS X
Unix
POSIX
Licence: 
commercial
GNU General Public License
academic
lifecycleStage: 
creation
analysis
By garethknight at Mon, 25/01/2010 - 17:35

project: North Sea Palaeolandscapes

Grant Holder:
North Sea Palaeolandscapes is a remarkable project utilizing 3D seismic data to generate models which will be of enormous value to the geological and archaeological community (as well as to the aggregate extraction industry). The University of Birmingham is the lead organisation and other contributing organizations include the University of Southampton, BGS (British Geological Survey), Petroleum Geo-Services, English Heritage, BMAPA (British Marine Aggregate Producers Association), Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, TNO (Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience) and Tigress. [read more]