Glossary

Dip quality

Automatic dip processing allows numerical values of mutual curve correlation to be assigned to any dip computed using an interval correlation technique. These usually range from 0 to 1 and can be used as a measure of dip quality, from low to high respectively. Using tadpole plots low quality dips (<0.5) can be assigned to an open tadpole, whereas higher confidence dips (>0.5) are given solid heads. During manual dip picking, low confidence features can be assigned to a low confidence dip class, also indicated with an open tadpole.

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