3D AVO crossplotting—An effective visualization technique

Abstract

Crossplots, visual representations of the relationship between two variables, are used to (a) visually identify outliers that may bias a correlation, (b) gain a visual sense for the strength of the correlation between variables, (c) detect if the relationship between variables is linear or nonlinear, (d) identify trends which may indicate multiple populations within the same data set, and (e) detect significant departures from a background trend—in other words to detect anomalies.