Interpretation special sections

Interpretation is a peer-reviewed journal copublished by SEG and AAPG to advance the practice of subsurface interpretation. Papers will be published online as they are accepted, edited, and composed, with issues printed quarterly in February, May, August, and November. Each issue contains at least one special section covering a topic of interest to interpreters. General submissions also are welcome in addition to submissions targeted to the topics below. Read more about Interpretation

Upcoming Submission Deadlines

Interpretation and integration of CSEM data

• Submission deadline: 1 October 2013
• Peer review complete: 1 March 2014
• All files submitted for production: 15 March 2014
• Publication of issue: August 2014
• Special section editors: Sandeep Kumar, Lucy MacGregor, and James Tomlinson

Multicomponent seismic interpretation

• Submission deadline: 1 October 2013
• Peer review complete: 1 March 2014
• All files submitted for production: 15 March 2014
• Publication of issue: August 2014
• Special section editors: Michael DeAngelo, Bob Hardage, Paul Murray, Steve Roche, Diana Sava, James Simmons, Charlotte Sullivan, Donald Wagner, and Ran Zhou

Microseismic monitoring

• Submission deadline: 1 October 2013
• Peer review complete: 1 March 2014
• All files submitted for production: 15 March 2014
• Publication of issue: August 2014
• Special section editors: Adam Baig, Jean-Pierre Blangy, Carlos Cabarcas, Jingyi Chen, Dave Diller, Leo Eisner, Jamie Rich, and Julie Shemeta

Karst

• Submission deadline: 15 November 2013
• Peer review complete: 1 May 2014
• All files submitted for production: 15 May 2014
• Publication of issue: August 2014
• Special section editors: Jerome Bellian, Jason Rush, Charlotte Sullivan, Hongliu Zeng, and Kurt Marfurt

Interpretation and integration of gravity and magnetic data

• Submission deadline: 15 January 2014
• Peer review complete: 1 July 2014
• All files submitted for production: 15 July 2014
• Publication of issue: November 2014
• Special section editors: Ran Zhang, Rao Yalamanchili, and Alan Aitken

Interpretation of complex faults

• Submission deadline: 15 January 2014
• Peer review complete: 1 July 2014
• All files submitted for production: 15 July 2014
• Publication of issue: November 2014
• Special section editors: Linda R. Sternbach, John Jordan, and Steven L. Getz

Exploration for unconventional reservoirs

• Submission deadline: 1 March 2014
• Peer review complete: 1 August 2014
• All files submitted for production: 15 August 2014
• Publication of issue: November 2014
• Special section editors: Karen Sullivan Glaser and Yaping Zhu

Detection of hydrocarbons

• Submission deadline: 1 March 2014
• Peer review complete: 1 August 2014
• All files submitted for production: 15 August 2014
• Publication of issue: November 2014
• Special section editors: Alistair Brown, Bill Abriel, and R. Randy Ray

Unconventional reservoir development and production

• Submission deadline: 1 March 2014
• Peer review complete: 1 August 2014
• All files submitted for production: 15 August 2014
• Publication of issue: November 2014
• Special section editors: Abhijit Gangopadhyay, Steve Laubach, David Spain, Manika Prasad, Mazher Ibrahim, Terri Olson, Shujie Liu, Gabino Castillo, John Zhou

Geologic, geophysical, and petrophysical interpretation of core data and well logs

• Submission deadline: 15 March 2014
• Peer review complete: 1 September 2014
• All files submitted for production: 15 September 2014
• Publication of issue: February 2015
• Special section editors: Chicheng Xu, Carlos Torres-Verdín, Kyle Spikes, and Thaimar Ramirez

IQ Earth: Visualizing and predicting the integrated earth

• Submission deadline: 15 March 2014
• Peer review complete: 1 September 2014
• All files submitted for production: 15 September 2014
• Publication of issue: February 2015
• Special section editors: Rocco Detomo Jr., Carmen C. Dumitrescu and Huw James

Induced seismicity: Defining the problem and solution for managing risk

• Submission deadline: 1 April 2014
• Peer review complete: 1 August 2014
• All files submitted for production: 15 August 2014
• Publication of issue: November 2014
• Special section editors: Brad Artman, Brad Birkelo, Randy Keller,  Ernest Majer, Hal MaCartney, and Dave Dillon

Submission Deadlines Past Due

Interpretation for unconventional resources

• Submission deadline: 1 March 2013 (past due)
• Peer review complete: 26 July 2013
• All files submitted for production: 9 August 2013
• Publication of issue: November 2013
• Special section editors: John O'Brien, John Eastwood, Mitch Pavlovic, and Wayne Camp

Seismic attributes

• Submission deadline: 15 June 2013 (past due)
• Peer review complete: 26 October 2013
• All files submitted for production: 9 November 2013
• Publication of issue: February 2014
• Special section editors: Saleh al-Dossary, Arthur Barnes, Eric Braccini, Satinder Chopra, Dick Dalley, Kurt Marfurt, Marcilio Matos, Ralf Oppermann, and Kui Zhang

Pore-pressure prediction and detection

• Submission deadline: 30 June 2013 (past due)
• Peer review complete: 26 October 2013
• All files submitted for production: 9 November 2013
• Publication of issue: February 2014
• Special section editors: Dan Ebrom, Philip Heppard, Martin Albertin, and Richard Swarbrick

Interpreting AVO

• Submission deadline: 31 July 2013 (past due)
• Peer review complete: 31 December 2013
• All files submitted for production: 20 January 2014
• Publication of issue: May 2014
• Special section editors: William Abriel, John Castagna, Douglas Foster, Fred Hilterman, Ron Masters, George Smith, and Chuan Yin

Well ties to seismic data

• Submission deadline: 30 August 2013 (past due)
• Peer review complete: 31 December 2013
• All files submitted for production: 20 January 2014
• Publication of issue: May 2014
• Special section editors: Don Herron, Rachel Newrick, John Sumner, and Bob Wegner

Published

Interpreting stratigraphy from geophysical data

• Submission deadline: 1 March 2013 (past due)
• Peer review complete: 24 April 2013
• All files submitted for production: 8 May 2013
• Publication of issue: August 2013
• Special section editors: Hongliu Zeng, Bruce Hart, and Lesli Wood

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Interpretation, copublished by SEG and AAPG, aims to advance the practice of subsurface interpretation.