2D and 3D elastic wavefield vector decomposition in the wavenumber domain for VTI media
2D and 3D elastic wavefield vector decomposition in the wavenumber domain for VTI media
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DOI:
10.1190/1.3431045
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发表时间:
2010-06
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Qunshan Zhang;G. McMechan
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作者:
Qunshan Zhang;G. McMechan
A pragmatic decomposition of a vector wavefield into P- and S-waves is based on the Helmholtz theory and the Christoffel equation. It is applicable to VTI media when the plane-wave polarization is continuous in the vicinity of a given wavenumber and is uniquely defined by that wavenumber, except for the kiss singularities on the VTI symmetry axis. Unlike divergence and curl, which separate the wavefield into a scalar and a vector field, the decomposed P- and S-wavefields are both vector fields, with correct amplitude, phase, and physical units. If the vector components of decomposed wavefields are added, they reconstruct those of the original input wavefield. Wavefield propagation in any portions of a VTI medium that have the same polarization distribution (i.e., the same eigenvector) in the wavenumber domain have the same decomposition operators and can be recon-structed with a single 3D Fourier transform for each operator (e.g., one for P-waves and one for S-waves).This applies to isotropic wavefields a...