f Processing of single-source split shear waves for imaging

Shear wave splitting may be regarded as a nuisance in the production of a shear wave image. Splitting or diffraction effects in the near surface or the weathering layer will degrade stacks especially if there is a rapid variation in the change of polarization along the survey line. We present a technique that may utilize a single source of indeterminate polarization for shear wave imaging even for the case of splitting in the weathering layer.