Seismic Resolution Vertical Calculator
Vertical (Rayleigh/Widess) resolution as one quarter of the dominant wavelength lambda = V / f, with velocity in meters per second and dominant frequency in hertz; two features closer than this cannot be separated in time.
Description
Vertical (Rayleigh/Widess) resolution as one quarter of the dominant wavelength lambda = V / f, with velocity in meters per second and dominant frequency in hertz; two features closer than this cannot be separated in time.
Seismic Resolution Vertical Calculator: Vertical (Rayleigh/Widess) resolution as one quarter of the dominant wavelength lambda = V / f, with velocity in meters per second and dominant frequency in hertz; two features closer than this cannot be separated in time.
When to use Seismic Resolution Vertical
Use this geological calculation for a transparent first-pass interpretation of measured rock, soil, fluid, well, stratigraphic, isotopic, geophysical, or seismic data under an explicitly selected model.
- V
- P-wave interval velocity in meters per second.
- f
- Dominant frequency in hertz.
How Seismic Resolution Vertical works
Vertical (Rayleigh/Widess) resolution as one quarter of the dominant wavelength lambda = V / f, with velocity in meters per second and dominant frequency in hertz; two features closer than this cannot be separated in time. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.1
- lambda
- Dominant wavelength in meters.
- lambda/4
- Quarter-wavelength vertical resolution limit in meters.
Limitations and assumptions
- Seismic magnitudes, moments, travel times, velocities, resolution, and energy depend on instrument correction, Earth model, phase picking, geometry, attenuation, radiation pattern, bandwidth, and calibration range. Magnitude scales are not universally interchangeable.
- Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.
Alternative or Complementary approaches
Compare independent measurements and models, retain units and analytical metadata, propagate uncertainty, and validate interpretations against logs, cores, maps, laboratory data, or field observations.
References
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Seismology — Wikipedia contributors
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