In carbonate outcropped area,the seismic data is characterized by low signal-to-noise ratio,bad imaging and difficult in
structure interpretation,which have become the technical bottlenecks restricting oil-gas exploration of marine facies carbonate
reservoirs in China.Therfore,It has important and realistic significance to study the attenuation characteristics of seismic wave
propagation in near surface layers of carbonate outcropped area for analyzing the cause of low-quality seismic data.Based on
the explanation results of uphole data of more than 800 wells in Zhenba area,the quality factors of near surface layers were
estimated by Li Qingzhong’s experience formula,and then the difference of attenuation characteristics of near surface layers for
different lithology outcropped area were analyzed.As a consequent,the average quality factor of near surface layers in
carbonate outcropped area is significantly lower than that in the outcropped area of sandstone,mudstone and the
interbed,which displays stronger attenuation for seismic wave propagation and maybe one of the main causes for the low-
quality seismic data in the carbonate outcropped area.