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- Title
Extracting angle domain common image gather with variable density acoustic-wave equation.
- Authors
Liu, Yuzhu; Liu, Weigang; Yang, Jizhong; Dong, Liangguo
- Abstract
Angle domain common image gathers (ADCIGs), commonly regarded as important prestacked gathers, provide the information required for velocity model construction and the phase and amplitude information needed for subsurface structures in oil/gas exploration. Based on the constant-density acoustic-wave equation assumption, the ADCIGs generated from reverse time migration ignore the fact that the subsurface density varies with location. Consequently, the amplitude versus angle (AVA) analysis extracted from these ADCIGs is not accurate. To partially solve this problem and to improve the accuracy of the AVA analysis, we developed amplitude-preserving ADCIGs suitable for density variations with the assumption of acoustic approximation. The Poynting vector approach, which is efficient and computationally inexpensive, was used to calculate the high-resolution wavefield propagation. The ADCIGs generated from the velocity and density perturbations match the theoretical AVA relationship better than ADCIGs with constant density. The extraction of the AVA analysis of the various combinations of the subsurface medium indicates that the density is non-negligible, especially when the density contrast is sharp. Numerical examples based on a layered model verify our conclusions.
- Subjects
SOUND waves; EQUATIONS; UNDERGROUND construction; PETROLEUM prospecting; POYNTING theorem; SEISMIC prospecting
- Publication
Journal of Geophysics & Engineering, 2021, Vol 18, Issue 2, p192
- ISSN
1742-2132
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jge/gxab007