Table of contents for 3D seismic imaging / Biondo L. Biondi.


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Chapter 1
3D Data Geometries ................ ........................ ............... .1
Introduction....................................................................1
Data coordinates .................. .. ..................................... 1
Marine data geometries........................................................... .2
Land-data geometries ..... ................... . ............................... .5
Narrow-azimuth versus wide-azimuth geometries ... . . . .. . . . ......... . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . 6
Sorting and binning..............................................................7
References............................. ... ..... ...... ....................... 8
Chapter 2
Full Prestack Migration Using Kirchhoff's Methods ................................. 9
Introduction...................................... .............. .... .. ...........9
Constant-velocity migration ...................... ................................. 9
Migration in complex media...................................................... 12
Computational cost of prestack migration .................... .................... 16
References.................... ................. .  ..... .......................  17
Chapter 3
Approximations of Full Prestack Migration........................................... 19
Introduction................................... ...........................19
Normal moveout ................ .. .... ....... .....................  ......19
Dip moveout ................... .............. ........................... 22
Azimuth moveout ..............................................................25
Two-pass 3D prestack migration....... ......... ..................................32
References..................................... ...........................38
Chapter 4
Principles of Wavefield-continuation Migration  ........... .................. . . . . . . . . . .  . .  39
Introduction......................................................... ......... .39
Reverse-time migration...........................................................41
Downward-continuation migration...................  ......................  ... . 43
References. ................. .................................................50
Chapter 5
Downward-continuation Methods................................................. 51
Introduction............................................. ......................51
Frequency-wavenumber domain (o-k) methods. ................ ................. .51
Mixed frequency-wavenumber/space (ci-k/ o-x) methods................. ........... 51
Frequency-space (w-x) methods................ ..............................60
References....................................................................64
Chapter 6
Common-image Gathers  ........................................... ........ ...... 65
Introduction. ....................................... ...... .....................  65
Common-image gathers by Kirchhoff migration ...................................... 65
Angle-domain common-image gathers by wavefield continuation ........................ 72
References..................................... .... .......................81
Chapter 7
Efficient Wavefield-continuation Methods for Prestack Migration ................. ...... 83
Introduction ...................................................................83
Migration of synthesized generalized-source gathers. ........ .  ...... ............ . . . 84
Source-receiver migration in midpoint-offset coordinates ................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  88
References.................................... ..................... ...................... 102
Chapter 8
Imaging and Aliasing .................  ................................ .  .... 103
Introduction ..................................... .. . ..........................103
Aliasing fundamentals .................... ... .......................... 103
Aliasing in Kirchhoff migration ....................... ..................... 105
Aliasing in wavefield-continuation migration. ................... . . . . .... . . . . . . . .  115
References  ........................ ........................................... 121
Chapter 9
Imaging and Partial Subsurface Illumination ......... ...................... .  .... 123
Introduction.................... ..............................................123
Equalization of imaging operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  124
Filling illumination gaps by model regularization and preconditioning.................... 131
Regularized inversion of prestack migration  ........................................137
References ................................................................... 140
Chapter 10
Principles of Velocity Analysis ......................... ... .............. ........ 143
Introduction........................ .....................  ...............  143
Flat reflectors in V,,ms (r) media .................................. ........... 144
Dipping reflectors in Vrms (T) media............................ ............. 145
Dipping reflectors in smooth Vrms (r, x, y) media ..................................... 147
Traveltime reflection tomography.................... .......... .............. 149
References................ ...................   .........................  157
Chapter 11
Migration Velocity Analysis ................. ...................  .................  159
Introduction. ...................  ...................................... ....  159
Time-migration velocity analysis .......................... ....  ........  ..... 160
Extracting velocity information from prestack images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . 162
Vertical interval-velocity updates from measured average-velocity errors................ . 171
Tomographic migration velocity analysis ........................................... 173
References .................................................................  183
Chapter 12
Migration Velocity Analysis by Wavefield Methods......... ... ....................... 185
Introduction. ...................  ....................................... . .... 185
Objective function of wavefield migration-velocity analysis ............... ........... .. 187
Linearization of wave propagation with respect to the velocity function......... ......... 189
Convergence of wavefield migration velocity analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . 193
A robust WEMVA method ................... ............................. 196
Examples of subsalt wave-equation MVA ................... ................... ... 199
References.................. .................... ......................... 205



Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Three-dimensional imaging, Seismic reflection method