THE APPLICATION OF HOMOMORPHIC DECONVOLUTION TO SHALLOW‐WATER MARINE SEISMOLOGY—PART I: MODELS
The complex cepstrum is investigated mathematically and through models for functions of interest in shallow‐water marine seismology. Association of the slowly varying components of the phase spectrum with the source replaces the usual minimum‐phase assumption. This is analogous to the usual treatment of the amplitude spectrum. Complex cepstrum expressions are developed for an arbitrary (but minimum‐phase) reflector series water‐column multiple generator, and simplified bubble‐pulse oscillation. While the complex cepstrum of all functions is of infinite extent, removing only the first n nonzero complex‐cepstrum contributions of a decaying, impulsive, periodic time function (such as the water‐column multiple generator) serves to eliminate the first n multiples entirely in the time domain and reduces the remaining multiples to at most 1/(n+1) of their original value. A new method of computing the continuous, ramp‐free phase spectrum required for complex‐cepstrum analysis is developed on the basis of the derivative of the phase curve.