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The SEG Wiki committee and SEG Wiki staff aim to expand the basics of geophysics. This page lists over 100 essential topics in the field that need to be developed. Please add your name to an article and start writing! If this is your first time contributing to a wiki, learn how to get started on the help page and contact wikiseg.org for personalized support.

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SEG's goal is for these topics to introduce the public and refresh professionals on these topics in a clear, concise, and accurate manner, providing a basic understanding of the subject matter. SEG's aim is for these topics to provide the public with greater awareness and understanding of the science and industry of geophysics.

Topics

In alphabetical order (to be alphabetized once we settle on 100). Goal - 100 pages.

1. 5D reconstruction
2. acquisition
3. acceleration sensors
4. adaptive subtraction
5. artificial intelligence
6. autofocusing
7. basement
8. bed thickness
9. blind deconvolution
10. borehole geophysics
11. boundary conditions
12. broadband
13. bulk modulus
14. carbon sequestration
15. chaos
16. chronostratigraphy
17. clastic
18. compressed sensing
19. compressional
20. compressional wave
21. data reconstruction
22. deblending
23. depositional system
24. Depth conversion
25. diagenesis
26. earthquake seismology - Heather
27. extensional
28. facies
29. fiber-optic sensors
30. fluvial-deltaic
31. fracture stimulation
32. Geoelectrics
33. geographic information systems
34. Geomagnetics - Clare
35. geomatics
36. Geophysicist
37. geophysics
38. GPU computing
39. Gravity - Clare
40. Ground-penetrating radar
41. High-performance computing
42. image fidelity
43. incompressibility
44. induced seismicity
45. infrasound
46. integration
47. interferometry
48. internal multiples
49. K-L transform
50. life-of-field seismic
51. log analysis
52. machine learning
53. Magnetotellurics
54. Marine geophysics - Clare
55. mass transport complex
56. mathematical transform
57. maximum entropy
58. maximum livelihood
59. measurement while drilling
60. mining geophysics
61. minimum entropy
62. minimum likelihood
63. multilinear algebra
64. Near-surface geophysics
65. Near-surface seismics
66. numerical methods
67. ocean-bottom node
68. Parallel computing
69. Parsing
70. particle-velocity sensors
71. passive seismic methods
72. permanent reservoir monitoring
73. plane wave modeling
74. poroelasticity
75. Potential fields
76. pressure sensors
77. Processing - Clare
78. reduced-rank filtering
79. Reflection seismology
80. Remote sensing
81. resistivity log
82. risk
83. salt dome
84. sandstone
85. sediment compaction model
86. sedimentology
87. seismic amplitude interpretation Heather
88. seismic attributes Heather
89. seismic data acquisition
90. Seismic interpretation Heather
91. seismic geomorphology Heather
92. seismic migration
93. Seismic Stratigraphy
94. seismic velocity
95. Seismic waves
96. shale
97. signal processing
98. simultaneous sources
99. spectral decomposition Heather
100. Surface-related multiple elmination
101. Surface seismic
102. standards
103. steep dip
104. stratal slice
105. strike-slip
106. surface consistent
107. surface nuclear magnetic resonance
108. tensor algebra
109. tensor completion
110. Time-lapse analysis Heather
111. time slice
112. tube wave
113. turbidite
114. turning ray
115. vector processing
116. volcanics
117. water table
118. wave propagation
119. wells
120. wide azimuth