Acoustic approximations for processing in transversely isotropic media
Acoustic approximations for processing in transversely isotropic media
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DOI:
10.1190/1.1444361
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发表时间:
1998-04
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
T. Alkhalifah
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作者:
T. Alkhalifah
When transversely isotropic (VTI) media with vertical symmetry axes are characterized using the zero‐dip normal moveout (NMO) velocity [Vnmo(0)] and the anisotropy parameter ηinstead of Thomsen’s parameters, time‐related processing [moveout correction, dip moveout (DMO), and time migration] become nearly independent of the vertical P- and S-wave velocities (VP0 and VS0, respectively). The independence on VP0 and VS0 is well within the limits of seismic accuracy, even for relatively strong anisotropy. The dependency on VP0 and VS0 reduces even further as the ratio VS0/VP0 decreases. In fact, for VS0=0, all time‐related processing depends exactly on only Vnmo(0) and η. This fortunate dependence on two parameters is demonstrated here through analytical derivations of time‐related processing equations in terms of Vnmo(0) and η. The time‐migration dispersion relation, the NMO velocity for dipping events, and the ray‐tracing equations extracted by setting VS0=0 (i.e., by considering VTI as acoustic) not only de...