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f Reflectivity revisited
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 53rd EAEG Meeting, May 1991, cp-42-00135
- ISBN: 978-90-73781-03-0
Abstract
The seismic method is based on the fundamental property that downward travelIing seismic source wave fields are returned to the surface by reflection (and/or refraction). Hence the reflectivity property of the subsurface plays a key role in seismic exploration. Structural information is gene rally derived from 'average' reflectivity. Lithologic information can be derived as weIl, provided angle-dependent reflectivity is taken into account.