Gulf Of Mexico Multi Fold Seismic Reflection Program: A Status Report

1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Lamar Worzel ◽  
C.A. Burk ◽  
Joel S. Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Seismic Reflection ◽  
Status Report

Multichannel Seismic Reflection Investigation of the Western Gulf of Mexico

1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel S. Watkins ◽  
J. Lamar Worzel ◽  
John S. Ladd ◽  
Richard S. Hey
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Seismic Reflection ◽  
Multichannel Seismic Reflection

Deep Seismic Reflection Results from the Gulf of Mexico: Part I

Science ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 187 (4179) ◽  
pp. 834-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Watkins ◽  
J. L. Worzel ◽  
M. H. Houston ◽  
M. Ewing ◽  
J. B. Sinton
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Seismic Reflection ◽  
Deep Seismic Reflection

Estimating the thickness of shallow salt from seismic refractions

Geophysics ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (12) ◽  
pp. 1708-1714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph O. Ebeniro ◽  
Yosio Nakamura ◽  
Dale S. Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Seismic Reflection ◽  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Quaternary Sediments ◽  
Lower Velocity ◽  
Northern Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Major Impediment

The presence of shallow, tectonized salt is a major impediment to exploration efforts in many sedimentary basins, including the northern Gulf of Mexico. The salt there forms a shallow tongue of high‐velocity material emplaced between lower‐velocity Tertiary and Quaternary sediments. Using conventional seismic reflection techniques, explorationists often have difficulty identifying the base of the salt tongue. Only in a very few instances (e.g., Buffler, 1983; Buffler et al., 1978; Watkins et al., 1978) have they been able to identify the base of the shallow salt. Interfaces below the salt are even more rarely observed.

Spherical divergence correction for seismic reflection data using slant stacks

Geophysics ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 563-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Y. Wang ◽  
Douglas W. McCowan
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Seismic Reflection ◽  
Seismic Reflection Data ◽  
Reflection Data ◽  
Spherical Divergence

We have developed a method for the spherical divergence correction of seismic reflection data based on normal moveout and stacking of cylindrical slant stacks. The method is illustrated on some Gulf of Mexico data. The results show that our method yields essentially the same traveltime information as does conventional processing. Our amplitudes, however, are more interpretable in terms of reflectivity than are those obtained by using an empirical spherical divergence correction.

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