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Dix formula

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-001136

An equation used in seismic processing to calculate interval velocities from root-mean-square (RMS) velocities derived from normal moveout (NMO) analysis. It provides an estimate of the average velocity within a specific layer between two reflection events. The formula assumes horizontal layers and small offsets, and it is widely applied in velocity analysis for time-to-depth conversion.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-001136
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeophysics
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-001136",
  "term": "Dix formula",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "An equation used in seismic processing to calculate interval velocities from root-mean-square (RMS) velocities derived from normal moveout (NMO) analysis. It provides an estimate of the average velocity within a specific layer between two reflection events. The formula assumes horizontal layers and small offsets, and it is widely applied in velocity analysis for time-to-depth conversion.",
  "subject": "Geophysics",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/dix-formula/"
}

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