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Format

SEG Y Data Exchange Format

Summary

Name
SEG Y Data Exchange Format
Version
Generic
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/363
Description
This is an outline record only, and requires further details, research or authentication to provide information that will enable users to further understand the format and to assess digital preservation risks associated with it if appropriate. If you are able to help by supplying any additional information concerning this entry, please return to the main PRONOM page and select ‘Add an Entry’.
File extensions
segy
Source
Archaeology Data Service / Archaeology Data Service

Internal signatures

SEG Y Data Exchange Format (Generic 1)

Note
Signature based on recurring sequences observed in sample of 25 files from various web based sources, and with reference to the SEG Y Rev 1 Data Exchange Format SEG Technical Standards Committee paper, May 2002, available at http://www.seg.org/resources/publications/misc/technical-standards

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
320
Byte Sequence
40404040404040404040404040404040404040404040
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
3200
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
0000{15}[!00]{3}[!00]{2}(0100|00[01:08])
Endianness
None

SEG Y Data Exchange Format (Generic 2)

Note
Signature based on recurring sequences observed in sample of 25 files from various web based sources, and with reference to the SEG Y Rev 1 Data Exchange Format SEG Technical Standards Committee paper, May 2002, available at http://www.seg.org/resources/publications/misc/technical-standards

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
320
Byte Sequence
40404040404040404040404040404040404040404040
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
3600
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
0000{15}[!00]{3}[!00]{2}(0100|00[01:08])
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V52

    Release date
    7 September 2011

    SEG Y Data Exchange Format Generic: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    SEG Y Data Exchange Format Generic: Outline entry added. Submission from Archaeology Data Service.