2026 Kurt J. Marfurt: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	58	2113	1914	914	807	542	18691

Overview

Kurt J. Marfurt is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Geophysics. Their work also spans related fields such as Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Artificial Intelligence.

The primary topics covered in their research include:

Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
Seismic Waves and Analysis
Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
Drilling and Well Engineering

Marfurt has published extensively, with significant contributions to publication venues such as:

Interpretation (28 publications)
The Leading Edge (5 publications)
Second International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (3 publications)
First Break (3 publications)
Marine and Petroleum Geology (2 publications)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Marfurt include:

Heather Bedle (18 joint publications)
Satinder Chopra (9 joint publications)
David Lubo-Robles (8 joint publications)
Matthew J. Pranter (7 joint publications)
B. M. Carpenter (5 joint publications)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Marfurt include:

"Petrographic microfacies classification with deep convolutional neural networks," 2020, Computers & Geosciences
"CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS AS AN AID TO BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND MICROPALEONTOLOGY: A TEST ON LATE PALEOZOIC MICROFOSSILS," 2020, Palaios
"Practical Aspects of Upscaling Geocellular Geological Models for Reservoir Fluid Flow Simulations: A Case Study in Integrating Geology, Geophysics, and Petroleum Engineering Multiscale Data from the Hunton Group," 2020, Energies
"A review of seismic attribute taxonomies, discussion of their historical use, and presentation of a seismic attribute communication framework using data analysis concepts," 2021, Interpretation
"Evaluation of principal component analysis for seismic attribute selection and self-organizing maps for seismic facies discrimination in the presence of gas hydrates," 2023, Marine and Petroleum Geology

In addition to articles, Marfurt has contributed to book publications, including a recent work titled Essentials of Seismic Attributes and Impedance Inversion published by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in 2024.

Best Publications

Seismic Attributes for Prospect Identification and Reservoir Characterization

Satinder Chopra;Kurt J. Marfurt

1324
Citations
Accuracy of finite-difference and finite-element modeling of the scalar and elastic wave equations

Kurt J. Marfurt

1235
Citations
3-D seismic attributes using a semblance‐based coherency algorithm

Kurt J. Marfurt;R. Lynn Kirlin;Steven L. Farmer;Michael S. Bahorich

971
Citations
Marmousi2 An elastic upgrade for Marmousi

Gary S. Martin;Robert Wiley;Kurt J. Marfurt

867
Citations
Seismic attributes — A historical perspective

Satinder Chopra;Kurt J. Marfurt

784
Citations
Eigenstructure-based coherence computations as an aid to 3-D structural and stratigraphic mapping

Adam Gersztenkorn;Kurt J. Marfurt

702
Citations
3D volumetric multispectral estimates of reflector curvature and rotation

Saleh Al-Dossary;Kurt J. Marfurt

509
Citations
Reverse-time migration using the Poynting vector

Kwangjin Yoon;Kurt J. Marfurt

471
Citations
Coherency calculations in the presence of structural dip

Kurt J. Marfurt;V. Sudhaker;Adam Gersztenkorn;Kelley D. Crawford

425
Citations
Robust estimates of 3D reflector dip and azimuth

Kurt J. Marfurt

391
Citations
Narrow-band spectral analysis and thin-bed tuning

K. J. Marfurt;R. L. Kirlin

328
Citations
A comparison of classification techniques for seismic facies recognition

Tao Zhao;Vikram Jayaram;Atish Roy;Kurt J. Marfurt

286
Citations
Instantaneous spectral attributes to detect channels

Jianlei Liu;Kurt J. Marfurt

272
Citations
Challenges In Reverse-time Migration

Kwangjin Yoon;Kurt J. Marfurt;William Starr

266
Citations
Convolutional Neural Network for Remote-Sensing Scene Classification: Transfer Learning Analysis

Rafael Pires de Lima;Kurt J. Marfurt

254
Citations
Emerging and future trends in seismic attributes

Satinder Chopra;Kurt J. Marfurt

236
Citations
Kirchhoff modeling, inversion for reflectivity, and subsurface illumination

Bertrand Duquet;Kurt J. Marfurt;Joe A. Dellinger

227
Citations
Spectral decomposition for seismic interpretation

Gregory A. Partyka;James M. Gridley;Kurt J. Marfurt;R. Lynn Kirlin

225
Citations
Efficient calculation of a partial-derivative wavefield using reciprocity for seismic imaging and inversion

Changsoo Shin;Kwangjin Yoon;Kurt J. Marfurt;Keunpil Park

222
Citations
Marmousi-2: An Updated Model for the Investigation of AVO in Structurally Complex Areas

Gary S. Martin;Kurt J. Marfurt;Shawn Larsen

217
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongliu Zeng The University of Texas at Austin

Ze'ev Reches University of Oklahoma

Brett M. Carpenter University of Oklahoma

G. Randy Keller University of Oklahoma

Gerard T. Schuster University of Utah

Carl H. Sondergeld University of Oklahoma

Chandra Rai University of Oklahoma

Michael A. Murphy University of Houston

Younane N. Abousleiman University of Oklahoma

Xinming Wu University of Science and Technology of China

External Links

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