Seismic Processing in the Inverse Data Space, Removal of Surface–Related and Internal Multiples

B036 Seismic Processing in the Inverse Data Space Removal of Surface–Related and Internal Multiples A.J. Berkhout* (Delft University of Technology) & D.J. Verschuur (Delft University of Technology) SUMMARY Considering the dominant role of multiple scattering in seismic data it is proposed to replace data matrix P by its inverse P-1 before starting seismic processing. Making use of the feedback model for seismic data it is shown that surface-related multiple scattered energy is mapped onto the zero time axis of the inverse data space. The practical consequence of this property may be significant: multiple elimination in the inverse data space simplifies