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SEGY to ASCII: Conversion and Plotting Program

Open-File Report 99-126
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr99126

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Abstract

This report documents a computer program to convert standard 4 byte, IBM floating point SEGY files to ASCII xyz format. The program then optionally plots the seismic data using the GMT plotting package. The material for this publication is contained in a standard tar file (of99-126.tar) that is uncompressed and 726 K in size. It can be downloaded by any Unix machine. Move the tar file to the directory you wish to use it in, then type 'tar xvf of99-126.tar' The archive files (and diskette) contain a NOTE file, a README file, a version-history file, source code, a makefile for easy compilation, and an ASCII version of the documentation. The archive files (and diskette) also contain example test files, including a typical SEGY file along with the resulting ASCII xyz and postscript files. Requirements for compiling the source code into an executable are a C++ compiler. The program has been successfully compiled using Gnu's g++ version 2.8.1, and use of other compilers may require modifications to the existing source code. The g++ compiler is a free, high quality C++ compiler and may be downloaded from the ftp site: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu Requirements for plotting the seismic data is the existence of the GMT plotting package. The GMT plotting package may be downloaded from the web site: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/

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Goldman, M.R., 1999, SEGY to ASCII: Conversion and Plotting Program (Superseded by OFR 2005-1311): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-126, 14 p.; 1 computer disk (3 1/2 in.), https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr99126.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title SEGY to ASCII: Conversion and Plotting Program
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 99-126
DOI 10.3133/ofr99126
Edition Superseded by OFR 2005-1311
Year Published 1999
Language ENGLISH
Publisher Geological Survey (U.S.)
Contributing office(s) U.S. Geological Survey
Description 14 p.; 1 computer disk (3 1/2 in.)
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