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Volume 46, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 0812-3985
  • E-ISSN: 1834-7533

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Based on anisotropic kinematic and dynamic ray tracing systems, an anisotropic Gaussian beam prestack depth migration method for P-wave data in transversely isotropic media is presented in this paper. Tests of synthetic and field seismic data demonstrate that the method is accurate and efficient.

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The transversely isotropic (TI) media approximation is commonly applied to assist in the processing of seismic data acquired in sedimentary environments. Based on anisotropic kinematic and dynamic ray tracing systems, a P-wave Gaussian beam prestack depth migration (GB-PSDM) method for TI media is introduced in this paper. The imaging principle of anisotropic GB-PSDM and the corresponding migration parameters are presented on the basis of the GB-PSDM method in isotropic media. Tests of synthetic and field seismic data show that the method is an accurate and efficient anisotropic prestack depth migration method in TI media.

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Gaussian beam prestack depth migration in heterogeneous transversely isotropic media
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