Interpretation special sections

Interpretation is a peer-reviewed journal for advancing the practice of subsurface interpretation. The journal was approved in May 2012 by the SEG Executive Committee and will be published quarterly beginning May 2013. Papers will be published online as they are accepted, edited, and composed. Look for the first papers to be published online in December 2012. Read more about Interpretation

Upcoming Special Sections

Seismic attributes

• Submission deadline: 15 June 2013
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

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, and Jingyi Chen 

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

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

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