Method and system of plotting values indicative of characteristics of an underground formation

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor;
• and
• a display device coupled to the processor;
• the memory stores a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
• obtain a first data set indicative of a horizon of an underground formation;
• obtain a second data set indicative of a characteristic of the underground formation;
• write values indicative of the horizon of the underground formation, and values indicative of the characteristic of the underground formation, the writing to a portable storage device coupled to the processor, the writing in conformance with a seismic data format and such that, when the values are read and plotted, an arrangement of the values cause a plotting program to:
• plot parallel to a first axis a first plurality of symbols where each symbol is indicative of the characteristic of a first portion of the underground formation, location of the first plurality of symbols with respect to the first axis is indicative of a first parameter, and location of the first plurality of symbols with respect to a second axis is indicative of a second parameter distinct from the first parameter;
• and
• plot parallel to the first axis a second plurality of symbols where each symbol is indicative of the characteristic of a second portion of the underground formation, location of the second plurality of symbols with respect to the first axis is indicative of the first parameter, and location of the second plurality of symbols with respect to a second axis is indicative of the second parameter;
• and
• wherein location of at least one symbol from each plurality of symbols with respect to the first axis is also indicative of a third parameter, different than the first and second parameters.

A method comprising:

• obtaining, by a computer system, a first data set indicative of a horizon of an underground formation;
• obtaining, by the computer system, a second data set indicative of a characteristic of the underground formation;
• and
• writing, by the computer system, values indicative of the horizon of the underground formation, and values indicative of the characteristic of the underground formation, the writing to a memory device, and the writing such that when the values are read and plotted by a plotting program, the values cause the plotting program to:
• plot parallel to a first axis a first plurality of symbols where each symbol is indicative of the characteristic of a first portion of the underground formation, location of the first plurality of symbols with respect to the first axis is indicative of a first parameter, and location of the first plurality of symbols with respect to a second axis is indicative of a second parameter distinct from the first parameter;
• and
• plot parallel to the first axis a second plurality of symbols where each symbol is indicative of the characteristic of a second portion of the underground formation, location of the second plurality of symbols with respect to the first axis is indicative of the first parameter, and location of the second plurality of symbols with respect to a second axis is indicative of the second parameter;
• and
• wherein location of at least one symbol from each plurality of symbols with respect to the first axis is also indicative of a third parameter, different than the first and second parameters.