The use of true amplitude migration for AVO inversion

Prestack depth migration is considered to be the most essential process for imaging the subsurface, especially if complex structures are involved (Berkhout and Van Wulfften Palthe, 1979). A true amplitude migration approach is needed if also litho-stratigraphic information is required. In this paper a generalized migration technique is discussed that reveals per depth point a vector, representing the angle dependent reflection properties. The second step is the subsequent linearized inversion of this reflection information.