cigFacies: a massive-scale benchmark dataset of seismic facies and its application

<p>Seismic facies classification is crucial for seismic stratigraphic interpretation and hydrocarbon reservoir characterization but remains a tedious and time-consuming task that requires significant manual effort. Data-driven deep-learning approaches are highly promising for automating the se...

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Main Authors: H. Gao, X. Wu, X. Sun, M. Hou, G. Wang, H. Sheng
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Published: Copernicus Publications 2025-02-01
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description <p>Seismic facies classification is crucial for seismic stratigraphic interpretation and hydrocarbon reservoir characterization but remains a tedious and time-consuming task that requires significant manual effort. Data-driven deep-learning approaches are highly promising for automating the seismic facies classification with high efficiency and accuracy, as they have already achieved significant success in similar image classification tasks within the field of computer vision (CV). However, unlike the CV domain, the field of seismic exploration lacks a comprehensive benchmark dataset for seismic facies, severely limiting the development, application, and evaluation of deep-learning approaches in seismic facies classification. To address this gap, we propose a comprehensive workflow to construct a massive-scale benchmark dataset of seismic facies and evaluate its effectiveness in training a deep-learning model. Specifically, we first develop a knowledge graph of seismic facies based on geological concepts and seismic reflection configurations. Guided by the graph, we then implement the three strategies of field seismic data curation, knowledge-guided synthesization, and generative adversarial network (GAN)-based generation to construct a benchmark dataset of 8000 diverse samples for five common seismic facies. Finally, we use the benchmark dataset to train a network and then apply it to two 3-D seismic data for automatic seismic facies classification. The predictions are highly consistent with expert interpretation results, demonstrating that the diversity and representativeness of our benchmark dataset are sufficient to train a network that can be generalized well in seismic facies classification across field data. We have made this dataset (<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10777460">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10777460</a>, <span class="cit" id="xref_altparen.1"><a href="#bib1.bibx5">Gao et al.</a>, <a href="#bib1.bibx5">2024</a><a href="#bib1.bibx5">a</a></span>), the trained model, and the associated codes (<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13150879">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13150879</a>, <span class="cit" id="xref_altparen.2"><a href="#bib1.bibx6">Gao et al.</a>, <a href="#bib1.bibx6">2024</a><a href="#bib1.bibx6">b</a></span>) publicly available for further research and validation of intelligent seismic facies classification.</p>
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spelling doaj-art-06efc098bf5d4b3d9b372ca14e9c3dc32025-02-10T07:40:10ZengCopernicus PublicationsEarth System Science Data1866-35081866-35162025-02-011759560910.5194/essd-17-595-2025cigFacies: a massive-scale benchmark dataset of seismic facies and its applicationH. Gao0X. Wu1X. Sun2M. Hou3M. Hou4H. Gao5G. Wang6H. Sheng7School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, ChinaInstitute of Advanced Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, ChinaInstitute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China<p>Seismic facies classification is crucial for seismic stratigraphic interpretation and hydrocarbon reservoir characterization but remains a tedious and time-consuming task that requires significant manual effort. Data-driven deep-learning approaches are highly promising for automating the seismic facies classification with high efficiency and accuracy, as they have already achieved significant success in similar image classification tasks within the field of computer vision (CV). However, unlike the CV domain, the field of seismic exploration lacks a comprehensive benchmark dataset for seismic facies, severely limiting the development, application, and evaluation of deep-learning approaches in seismic facies classification. To address this gap, we propose a comprehensive workflow to construct a massive-scale benchmark dataset of seismic facies and evaluate its effectiveness in training a deep-learning model. Specifically, we first develop a knowledge graph of seismic facies based on geological concepts and seismic reflection configurations. Guided by the graph, we then implement the three strategies of field seismic data curation, knowledge-guided synthesization, and generative adversarial network (GAN)-based generation to construct a benchmark dataset of 8000 diverse samples for five common seismic facies. Finally, we use the benchmark dataset to train a network and then apply it to two 3-D seismic data for automatic seismic facies classification. The predictions are highly consistent with expert interpretation results, demonstrating that the diversity and representativeness of our benchmark dataset are sufficient to train a network that can be generalized well in seismic facies classification across field data. We have made this dataset (<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10777460">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10777460</a>, <span class="cit" id="xref_altparen.1"><a href="#bib1.bibx5">Gao et al.</a>, <a href="#bib1.bibx5">2024</a><a href="#bib1.bibx5">a</a></span>), the trained model, and the associated codes (<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13150879">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13150879</a>, <span class="cit" id="xref_altparen.2"><a href="#bib1.bibx6">Gao et al.</a>, <a href="#bib1.bibx6">2024</a><a href="#bib1.bibx6">b</a></span>) publicly available for further research and validation of intelligent seismic facies classification.</p>https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/595/2025/essd-17-595-2025.pdf
spellingShingle H. Gao
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cigFacies: a massive-scale benchmark dataset of seismic facies and its application
Earth System Science Data
title cigFacies: a massive-scale benchmark dataset of seismic facies and its application
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title_fullStr cigFacies: a massive-scale benchmark dataset of seismic facies and its application
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title_short cigFacies: a massive-scale benchmark dataset of seismic facies and its application
title_sort cigfacies a massive scale benchmark dataset of seismic facies and its application
url https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/595/2025/essd-17-595-2025.pdf
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