{"id":987731,"date":"2026-04-29T10:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/david.midstar.com.sa\/?page_id=987731"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:38:27","slug":"bin-size-calculation-receiver-and-source-station-intervals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/david.midstar.com.sa\/?page_id=987731","title":{"rendered":"Bin Size Calculation &#8211; Receiver and Source Station Intervals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"987731\" class=\"elementor elementor-987731\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc6fccd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc6fccd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f87a981 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f87a981\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"seismic-reference-suite\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #334155; background: #ffffff; padding: 30px; border-radius: 12px; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; max-width: 1100px; margin: 25px auto; box-shadow: 0 10px 15px -3px rgba(0,0,0,0.05); line-height: 1.6;\">\r\n\r\n    <div style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #f1f5f9; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-bottom: 28px;\">\r\n        <span style=\"font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; color: #0284c7; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.1em; display: block; margin-bottom: 6px;\">Geophysical Engineering & Survey Design Matrix<\/span>\r\n        <h1 style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: 800; color: #0f172a; margin: 0; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">3D Seismic Bin Size Calculation & Resolution Criteria<\/h1>\r\n        <p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #64748b; margin: 8px 0 0 0; max-width: 850px;\">\r\n            A rigorous technical overview exploring the direct mathematical dependency of Common Midpoint (CMP) natural bin configurations on source and receiver spatial layouts.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div style=\"display: grid; 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text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Receiver Station Interval (RI)<\/label>\r\n                        <span id=\"suite-ri-txt\" style=\"color: #0ea5e9; font-weight: 700; font-family: monospace; background: rgba(14,165,233,0.1); padding: 2px 6px; border-radius: 4px;\">25 m<\/span>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <input type=\"range\" id=\"suite-ri-slider\" min=\"10\" max=\"100\" step=\"5\" value=\"25\" style=\"width: 100%; cursor: pointer; accent-color: #0ea5e9;\" oninput=\"executeSeismicSuiteCalculations()\">\r\n                    <span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: #64748b; display: block; margin-top: 4px;\">Distance between inline channel receiver groups.<\/span>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <div>\r\n                    <div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: space-between; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 8px;\">\r\n                        <label style=\"color: #94a3b8; font-weight: 600; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Source Station Interval (SI)<\/label>\r\n                        <span id=\"suite-si-txt\" style=\"color: #a855f7; font-weight: 700; font-family: monospace; background: rgba(168,85,247,0.1); padding: 2px 6px; border-radius: 4px;\">50 m<\/span>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <input type=\"range\" id=\"suite-si-slider\" min=\"10\" max=\"100\" step=\"5\" value=\"50\" style=\"width: 100%; cursor: pointer; accent-color: #a855f7;\" oninput=\"executeSeismicSuiteCalculations()\">\r\n                    <span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: #64748b; display: block; margin-top: 4px;\">Distance between consecutive shot points.<\/span>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <div style=\"background: #020617; border: 1px solid #1e293b; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center;\">\r\n                    <span style=\"font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.1em; color: #475569; font-weight: 700; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px;\">Calculated Subsurface Grid Metrics<\/span>\r\n                    \r\n                    <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 14px;\">\r\n                        <div style=\"background: #0f172a; padding: 10px; border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid #1e293b;\">\r\n                            <span style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #64748b; display: block; text-transform: uppercase;\">Inline Bin Size<\/span>\r\n                            <div id=\"suite-out-inline\" style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; color: #ffffff; font-family: monospace; margin-top: 4px;\">12.50m<\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                        <div style=\"background: #0f172a; padding: 10px; border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid #1e293b;\">\r\n                            <span style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #64748b; display: block; text-transform: uppercase;\">Crossline Bin Size<\/span>\r\n                            <div id=\"suite-out-cross\" style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; color: #ffffff; font-family: monospace; margin-top: 4px;\">25.00m<\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <div style=\"background: rgba(16,185,129,0.05); border: 1px solid rgba(16,185,129,0.2); padding: 10px; border-radius: 6px;\">\r\n                        <span style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #10b981; display: block; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600;\">Total Area per Stack Unit<\/span>\r\n                        <div id=\"suite-out-area\" style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; color: #34d399; font-family: monospace; margin-top: 2px;\">312.50 m\u00b2<\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 28px;\">\r\n            \r\n            <div>\r\n                <h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; color: #0f172a; margin: 0 0 12px 0; border-left: 4px solid #0ea5e9; padding-left: 10px;\">1. The Physics of Midpoint Geometry<\/h3>\r\n                <p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #475569; margin: 0 0 14px 0; text-align: justify;\">\r\n                    In 3D reflection seismic exploration, the fundamental data unit is mapped at the geographic center point situated precisely halfway between the active wave energy source and the acoustic sensor group channel. This layout principle creates a structural transformation profile:\r\n                <\/p>\r\n                <div style=\"background: #f8fafc; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; padding: 16px; border-radius: 8px; font-size: 14px; color: #0f172a; font-family: monospace; font-weight: 600; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 14px;\">\r\n                    Natural Inline Bin Dimension = RI \/ 2 <br>\r\n                    Natural Crossline Bin Dimension = SI \/ 2\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #475569; margin: 0; text-align: justify;\">\r\n                    Consequently, to resolve a specific sub-surface footprint dimension profile, field layout engineers must deploy source and receiver station locations at double the desired resolution profile length.\r\n                <\/p>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div>\r\n                <h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; color: #0f172a; margin: 0 0 12px 0; border-left: 4px solid #0ea5e9; padding-left: 10px;\">2. Vertical vs. Horizontal Spatial Resolution<\/h3>\r\n                <p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #475569; margin: 0 0 14px 0; text-align: justify;\">\r\n                    Seismic survey limits are divided into separate independent vertical and horizontal limits:\r\n                <\/p>\r\n                <ul style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #475569; margin: 0 0 16px 0; padding-left: 20px; space-y: 6px;\">\r\n                    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"><strong>Vertical Resolution:<\/strong> Dictated primarily by the acoustic signal bandwidth wavelength ($\\lambda\/4$, Widess limit), which establishes the vertical boundary layer mapping capacity.<\/li>\r\n                    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"><strong>Horizontal (Spatial) Resolution:<\/strong> Controlled directly by physical <strong>Bin Size dimensions<\/strong>. It dictates whether two distinct localized side-by-side geologic anomalies can be uncoupled and cleanly imaged as two separate bodies.<\/li>\r\n                <\/ul>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div>\r\n                <h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; color: #0f172a; margin: 0 0 12px 0; border-left: 4px solid #0ea5e9; padding-left: 10px;\">3. The Fresnel Zone Constraints & Spatial Aliasing<\/h3>\r\n                <p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #475569; margin: 0 0 14px 0; text-align: justify;\">\r\n                    Unmigrated wavefront reflections do not emanate from a singular pinpoint, but rather a wide blurred area known as the <strong>Fresnel Zone<\/strong>. Modern migration algorithms collapse this circular blur radius down to a focused scale. However, migration's ability to safely focus this energy is entirely dependent on whether the bin dimensions are narrow enough to satisfy the <strong>Spatial Nyquist Sampling Theorem<\/strong>:\r\n                <\/p>\r\n                <div style=\"background: #fffbeb; border: 1px solid #fef3c7; padding: 14px; border-radius: 8px; text-align: center; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; color: #78350f; margin-bottom: 14px; font-family: monospace;\">\r\n                    B<sub>max<\/sub> \u2264 V<sub>min<\/sub> \/ (4 \u2022 f<sub>max<\/sub> \u2022 sin(\u03b8))\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <p style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #64748b; margin: 0; text-align: justify;\">\r\n                    Where $V_{min}$ equals the slowest localized velocity boundary, $f_{max}$ represents the highest seismic signal frequency returned from depth targets, and $\\theta$ is the dipping angle threshold of the underground fault planes. If your active bin length exceeds $B_{max}$, the data experiences destructive aliasing.\r\n                <\/p>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div style=\"margin-top: 36px; background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 10px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 4px 6px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.02);\">\r\n        <div style=\"background: #f8fafc; padding: 14px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e2e8f0;\">\r\n            <strong style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #0f172a; display: block;\">Standard Matrix Field Implementations<\/strong>\r\n            <span style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #64748b; display: block; margin-top: 2px;\">Typical acquisition blueprints across various production environments.<\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\r\n            <table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;\">\r\n                <thead>\r\n                    <tr style=\"background: #f1f5f9; color: #475569; font-weight: 600; border-bottom: 1px solid #e2e8f0;\">\r\n                        <th style=\"padding: 12px 20px;\">Receiver Spacing ($RI$)<\/th>\r\n                        <th style=\"padding: 12px 20px;\">Source Spacing ($SI$)<\/th>\r\n                        <th style=\"padding: 12px 20px; color: #0284c7;\">Natural Output Bin Size<\/th>\r\n                        <th style=\"padding: 12px 20px;\">Target Target Profile<\/th>\r\n                    <\/tr>\r\n                <\/thead>\r\n                <tbody style=\"color: #475569;\">\r\n                    <tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f5f9;\">\r\n                        <td style=\"padding: 12px 20px; font-family: monospace;\">12.5 m<\/td>\r\n                        <td style=\"padding: 12px 20px; font-family: monospace;\">12.5 m<\/td>\r\n                        <td style=\"padding: 12px 20px; font-weight: 700; font-family: monospace; color: #0f172a;\">6.25m \u00d7 6.25m<\/td>\r\n                        <td style=\"padding: 12px 20px;\">Ultra-shallow engineering arrays \/ Mining hazard assessments<\/td>\r\n                    <\/tr>\r\n                    <tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f5f9; background: #f8fafc;\">\r\n                        <td style=\"padding: 12px 20px; font-family: monospace;\">25.0 m<\/td>\r\n                        <td style=\"padding: 12px 20px; font-family: monospace;\">25.0 m<\/td>\r\n                        <td style=\"padding: 12px 20px; font-weight: 700; font-family: monospace; color: #0f172a;\">12.5m \u00d7 12.5m<\/td>\r\n                        <td style=\"padding: 12px 20px;\">Standard reservoir exploration & dynamic processing sweeps<\/td>\r\n                    <\/tr>\r\n                    <tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f5f9;\">\r\n                        <td style=\"padding: 12px 20px; font-family: monospace;\">50.0 m<\/td>\r\n                        <td style=\"padding: 12px 20px; font-family: monospace;\">50.0 m<\/td>\r\n                        <td style=\"padding: 12px 20px; font-weight: 700; font-family: monospace; color: #0f172a;\">25.0m \u00d7 25.0m<\/td>\r\n                        <td style=\"padding: 12px 20px;\">Deep continental crust mapping \/ Regional frontier basins<\/td>\r\n                    <\/tr>\r\n                    <tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f5f9; 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Survey Design Matrix 3D Seismic Bin Size Calculation &#038; Resolution Criteria A rigorous technical overview exploring the direct mathematical dependency of Common Midpoint (CMP) natural bin configurations on source and receiver spatial layouts. Live Parameter Simulator Engine Receiver Station Interval (RI) 25 m Distance between inline channel receiver groups. 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