A computer implemented method for interpreting faults from a
fault-enhanced 3-D seismic attribute cube. The method includes the steps
of extracting faults from a 3-D seismic attribute cube, and of
calculating a minimum path value for each voxel of the 3-D seismic
attribute cube. A fault network skeleton is extracted from the 3-D
seismic attribute cube by utilizing the minimum path values which
correspond to voxels within the 3-D seismic attribute cube. The
individual fault networks are then labeled, and a vector description of
the fault network skeleton is created. The fault network skeleton is
subdivided into individual fault patches wherein the individual fault
patches are the smallest, non-intersecting, non-bifurcating patches that
lie on only one geologic fault. The individual fault patches are then
correlated into a representation of geologic faults.