cs.CVAug 14, 2026

Voxel-based 3D Facies Segmentation from Seismic Data: A Comparative Study

Authors: Duc-Thanh Pham, Minh-Tan Pham, Anh Nguyen, Van Nguyen

Organizations: FPT Software AI Center, Hanoi, Vietnam · Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Syst`emes Al´eatoires (IRISA), UMR 6074, Universit´e Bretagne Sud, 56000 Vannes, France · Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Abstract

Seismic facies segmentation has emerged as a significant challenge in geophysics, requiring robust methods and systems to effectively identify geologically analogous facies with limited labeled data. Although existing studies have shown promising results in 2D facies segmentation, they often preprocess the original 3D seismic volumes into sets of 2D slices, typically the inline and crossline directions, and treat this problem as a purely 2D segmentation task. This simplification introduces discontinuities across slices and fails to preserve the spatial and structural continuity in 3D seismic data, thus limiting the model's ability to learn coherent geological patterns. In this work, we present a comparative and reproducible benchmark for voxel-based 3D seismic facies segmentation, built upon publicly available seismic volumes including the Netherlands F3 and the Parihaka datasets, with standardized data splits and evaluation metrics. By evaluating the three representative families of modern 3D segmentation architectures, we establish strong baseline results that highlight the potential and remaining challenges for future research in this domain.

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