Velocity-independent and data-driven prestack time imaging; it is possible

Velocity-independent and data-driven prestack time imaging; it is possible

The formulation and practical implementation of methods to automatically obtain an image of the earth's interior are long-term dreams in the geophysical community. This problem has stimulated the curiosity of geophysicists, and its solution would dramatically change seismic processing and impro...

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Published in:Leading edge (Tulsa, Okla.) Vol. 33; no. 9; pp. 1008 - 1014
Main Authors: Bonomi, Ernesto, Tomas, Carlo, Marchetti, Paolo, Caddeo, Gianluigi
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Society of Exploration Geophysicists 01-09-2014
Subjects:
applied (geophysical surveys & methods)
case studies
Communities
Contractors
data processing
diffraction
Earth
elastic waves
Formulations
Gas exploration
geophysical methods
Geophysics
imagery
Imaging
prestack migration
seismic methods
seismic migration
seismic waves
traveltime
velocity
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Summary:The formulation and practical implementation of methods to automatically obtain an image of the earth's interior are long-term dreams in the geophysical community. This problem has stimulated the curiosity of geophysicists, and its solution would dramatically change seismic processing and improve oil and gas exploration. Several attempts have been made in the last two decades to obtain such a result, and nowadays, every oil company and contractor is still strongly committed to achieving it. In this effort, velocity-independent time imaging, driven only by data, is possible.
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ISSN:1070-485X
1938-3789
DOI:10.1190/tle33091008.1