Header
Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-004351
The portion of a digital seismic trace record containing ancillary information about the data that follows. Header data includes acquisition geometry parameters like source and receiver coordinates, elevation, and unique identifiers for the shot and channel. The standard format for this information is defined by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in specifications such as SEG-Y, which allocates specific byte locations for each parameter.
| Identifier | MLC-T-OAG-004351 |
|---|---|
| Field | Oil and gas |
| Subject | Geophysics |
Record as JSON
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"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/header/"
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