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Glossary:Thin bed
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A sedimentary layer with a thickness less than one-fourth of the length of the dominant wavelength in the illuminating seismic wavefield. Typical dominant wavelengths can be 200 to 300 ft (~65 to 100 m); therefore, many thin beds have thicknesses of 50 to 75 ft (~15 to 22 m). The top and base of a thin bed cannot be resolved in a seismic image.