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A subdivision of a seismic survey. survey. The area of a three-dimensional survey is survey is divided into bins, which are commonly on the order
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of 25 m [82 ft] long and 25 m wide; traces are assigned to specific bins according to the midpoint midpoint between between the source source and and the receiver , reflection reflection point point or conversion point. Bins are commonly assigned according to common midpoint (CMP), midpoint (CMP), but more
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sophisticated seismic processing allows processing allows for other types of binning. Traces within a bin are stacked to generate the output trace
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for that bin. Data quality depends in part on the number of traces per bin, or the fold. See: fold fold,, stack stack,, three-dimensional seismic data, data , trace
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To sort seismic data into small areas according to the midpoint midpoint between between the source source and and the receiver , reflection reflection point point or conversion point prior to stacking. See: stack
