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Application of acoustic orthorhombic media can be considered as a modern standard in industrial 3D seismic data processing and modeling stages. However, the presence of significant S-wave artifacts that are associated with the conventional acoustic anisotropic media harms any application that need pure P-wave propagation. Accordingly, we propose a new acoustic assumption for orthorhombic media that mitigates the S-waves artifacts by zeroing the S-waves velocities along the symmetry planes. The accuracy of the new approach compares well with the conventional approach, but the new approach further complicates the governing equations. Noticing the algebraic complexity of the eikonal equation obtained in the new acoustic orthorhombic media, we also propose a rational approximation that simplifies the eikonal equation.

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2021-10-18
2024-04-29
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