%0 Journal Article %A WAPENAAR, C. P. A. %A COX, H. L. H. %A BERKHOUT, A. J. %T ELASTIC REDATUMING OF MULTICOMPONENT SEISMIC DATA1 %D 1992 %J Geophysical Prospecting, %V 40 %N 4 %P 465-482 %@ 1365-2478 %R https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2478.1992.tb00537.x %I European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, %X Abstract Elastic redatuming can be carried out before or after decomposition of the multicomponent data into independent PP, PS, SP, and SS responses. We argue that from a practical point of view, elastic redatuming is preferably applied after decomposition. We review forward and inverse extrapolation of decomposed P‐ and S‐wavefields. We use the forward extrapolation operators to derive a model of discrete multicomponent seismic data. This forward model is fully described in terms of matrix manipulations. By applying these matrix manipulations in reverse order we arrive at an elastic processing scheme for multicomponent data in which elastic redatuming plays an essential role. Finally, we illustrate elastic redatuming with a controlled 2D example, consisting of simulated multicomponent seismic data. %U https://www.earthdoc.org/content/journals/10.1111/j.1365-2478.1992.tb00537.x