Best Paper in Interpretation

The Best Paper in Interpretation is selected by the Editorial Board. Recognized minimum requirements are permanent interest, form and readability, and potential for the advancement of the geophysical profession.

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Award Recipients

• 2024 Seismic expression of shallow-water carbonate structures through geologic time, Marcello Badali'
• 2023 A deep learning framework for seismic facies classification, Harpreet Kaur, Nam Pham, Sergey Fomel, Zhicheng Geng, Luke Decker, Ben Gremillion, Michael Jervis, Ray Abma, and Shuang Gao
• 2022 Origin of shallow gas in the Dutch North Sea — Seismic versus geochemical evidence, Geert de Bruin, Johan ten Veen, Martin Wilpshaar, Noortje Versteijlen, Kees Geel, Hanneke Verweij, and Stefan Carpentier

• 2021 Timing of hydrocarbon entrapment in the eastern foothills of the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, Nelson Sánchez, Jael Pacheco, Mario Alberto Guzman-Vega, Andrés Mora, and Brian Horton

• 2020 Subsurface basement, structure, stratigraphy, and timing of regional tectonic events affecting the Guajira margin of northern Colombia, Eleine Vence and Paul Mann

• 2019 Control of Precambrian-to-Paleozoic orogenic trends on along-strike variations in Early Cretaceous continental rifts of the South Atlantic Ocean, Kyle Reuber and Paul Mann

• 2018 Pore characteristics and dominant controlling factors of overmature shales: A case study of the Wangyinpu and Guanyintang Formations in the Jiangxi Xiuwu Basin, Fenglin Gao, Yan Song, Zhuo Li, Zhenxue Jiang, Zhiye Gao, Xinxin Zhang, Lei Chen, and Qingxin Liu

• 2017 Time-variant wavelet extraction with a local-attribute-based time-frequency decomposition for seismic inversion, Rui Zhang and Sergey Fomel

• 2016 Bright spots, dim spots: Geologic controls of direct hydrocarbon indicator type, magnitude, and detectability, Niger Delta Basin Krzysztof M. (Chris) Wojcik, Irene S. Espejo, Adebukonla M. Kalejaiye, and Otuka Kingsley Umahi

• 2015 Identification of brittle/ductile areas in unconventional reservoirs using seismic and microseismic data: Application to the Barnett Shale, Roderick Perez Altamar and Kurt J. Marfurt

• 2014 Conical faults apparent in a 3D seismic image, Dave Hale and Richard H. Groshong, Jr.

• 2013 Whither seismic stratigraphy? Bruce S. Hart