Traveltime calculation and prestack depth migration in tilted transversely isotropic media

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhananjay Kumar ◽  
Mrinal K. Sen ◽  
Robert J. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Transversely Isotropic ◽  
Prestack Depth Migration ◽  
Depth Migration ◽  
Transversely Isotropic Media ◽  
Isotropic Media

Anisotropic complex Padé hybrid finite-difference depth migration

Geophysics ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. S51-S59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Amazonas ◽  
Rafael Aleixo ◽  
Jörg Schleicher ◽  
Jessé C. Costa
Keyword(s):  
Finite Difference ◽  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Transversely Isotropic ◽  
Evanescent Waves ◽  
Acoustic Wave Equation ◽  
Depth Migration ◽  
Transversely Isotropic Media ◽  
Isotropic Media ◽  
Numerical Instabilities ◽  
Branch Cut

Standard real-valued finite-difference (FD) and Fourier finite-difference (FFD) migrations cannot handle evanescent waves correctly, which can lead to numerical instabilities in the presence of strong velocity variations. A possible solution to these problems is the complex Padé approximation, which avoids problems with evanescent waves by rotating the branch cut of the complex square root. We have applied this approximation to the acoustic wave equation for vertical transversely isotropic media to derive more stable FD and hybrid FD/FFD migrations for such media. Our analysis of the dispersion relation of the new method indicates that it should provide more stable migration results with fewer artifacts and higher accuracy at steep dips. Our studies lead to the conclusion that the rotation angle of the branch cut that should yield the most stable image is 60° for FD migration, as confirmed by numerical impulse responses and work with synthetic data.

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