Prestack depth migration of an Alberta Foothills data set - The Husky experience

Geophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 392-398

  Wu, W J ^a   Lines, L ^b,c   Burton, A ^b   Lui, H X ^b,c   Zhu, J ^b,d   Jamison, W ^e   Bording, R P ^f  

^a Geo X Systems Ltd   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d GX Technology Inc   (United States)

^e Upper Crust Inc   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE METHODS;

PRESTACK DEPTH MIGRATION;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

DEPTH MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0032030021     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444338     Document Type: Review

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