3D common-reflection-point-based seismic migration velocity analysis

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Fei, Weihong ^a,b   McMechan, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Imaging Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysical signal processing; Geophysical techniques; Seismic waves; Seismology

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES;

COMMON-IMAGE GATHERS; COMMON-REFLECTION POINT; DEPTH RESIDUAL PICKING; PRESTACK DEPTH MIGRATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 33748859208     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2227523     Document Type: Article

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