The applicability of dip moveout/azimuth moveout in the presence of caustics

Geophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Malcolm, Alison E ^a   de Hoop, Maarten V ^a   Le Rousseau, Jérôme H ^a,b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AZIMUTH MOVEOUT (AMO); DIP MOVEOUT (DMO); OFFSET CONTINUATION; SEISMIC DATA;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 14844356727     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1852785     Document Type: Article

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