US Patent 7590491 Signal integration measure for seismic data

A method and system of processing seismic data includes acquiring seismic data, determining a frequency spectrum for the seismic data and determining an amplitude value associated with a local minimum frequency from the frequency spectrum to obtain an IZ minimum-amplitude value and a minimum frequency range limit. A maximum frequency range limit is determined and an integration measure is determined from an integration of the area bounded by the IZ minimum-amplitude value and the amplitude values between the minimum frequency range limit and the maximum frequency range limit. The integration-measure is stored for display.