Research on fault recognition method combining 3D Res-UNet and knowledge distillation
Wang Jing 1, Zhang Jun-Hua♦1, Zhang Jia-Liang 2, Lu Feng-Ming 2, Meng Rui-Gang 2, and Wang Zuoqian 1
1. School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
2. Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Dagang Oilfi eld Company, PetroChina, Tianjin 300280, China.
Abstract Deep learning technologies are increasingly used in the fi eld of geophysics, and a variety of algorithms based on shallow convolutional neural networks are more widely used in fault recognition, but these methods are usually not able to accurately identify complex faults. In this study, using the advantage of deep residual networks to capture strong learning features, we introduce residual blocks to replace all convolutional layers of the three-dimensional (3D) UNet to build a new 3D Res-UNet and select appropriate parameters through experiments to train a large amount of synthesized seismic data. After the training is completed, we introduce the mechanism of knowledge distillation. First, we treat the 3D Res-UNet as a teacher network and then train the 3D Res-UNet as a student network; in this process, the teacher network is in evaluation mode. Finally, we calculate the mixed loss function by combining the teacher model and student network to learn more fault information, improve the performance of the network, and optimize the fault recognition effect. The quantitative evaluation result of the synthetic model test proves that the 3D Res-UNet can considerably improve the accuracy of fault recognition from 0.956 to 0.993 after knowledge distillation, and the effectiveness and feasibility of our method can be verified based on the application of actual seismic data.
About author: Wang Jing received her bachelor’s degree (2008) in exploration technology and engineering and master’sdegree ( 2 0 11 ) in geological exploration and information technology from China University of Petroleum (East China). She is currently pursuing PhD in geological resources and geological engineering at China University of Petroleum (East China). She is mainly engaged in seismic data interpretation, focusing on the application of artificial intelligence in the fi eld of geophysical exploration.
Cite this article:
. Research on fault recognition method combining 3D Res-UNet and knowledge distillation[J]. APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, 2021, 18(2): 199-212.
2021, Vol. 18 
