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- Title
Estimation of geological dip and reflector curvature from zero-offset seismic reflections in heterogeneous anisotropic media.
- Authors
Tygel, Martin; Ursin, Bjørn; Iversen, Einar; Hoop, Maarten
- Abstract
Depth conversion of selected seismic reflections is a valuable procedure to position key reflectors in depth in a process of constructing or refining a depth-velocity model. The most widespread example of such procedure is the so-called map migration, in which normal-incidence, zero-offset (stacked) seismic data are employed. Since the late seventies and early eighties, under the assumption of an isotropic velocity model, map migration algorithms have been devised to convert traveltime and its first and second derivatives into reflector position, dip and curvatures in depth. In this work we revisit map migration to improve the existing algorithms in the following accounts: (a) We allow for fully anisotropic media; (b) In contrast to simple planar measurement surface, arbitrary topography is allowed, thus enlarging the algorithms applicability and (c) Derivations and results are much simplified upon the use of the methodology of surface-to-surface paraxial matrices.
- Subjects
LIGHTING reflectors; CURVATURE; SEISMIC reflection method; INHOMOGENEOUS materials; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTERS in seismology; ALGORITHMS; SURFACES (Technology)
- Publication
Studia Geophysica & Geodaetica, 2012, Vol 56, Issue 2, p521
- ISSN
0039-3169
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11200-011-0256-2