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Q-Compensated Least-Squares Reverse Time Migration of Different-Order Multiples
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 82nd EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Oct 2021, Volume 2021, p.1 - 5
Abstract
Multiples have longer propagation paths and smaller reflection angles than primaries, so they cover larger illumination area. Therefore, multiples can be used to image shadow zones of primaries. Least-squares reverse time migration of multiples can produce high quality images with fewer artefacts, high resolution and balanced amplitudes. However, viscoelasticity exists widely in the earth, especially in the deep-sea environment, and the effect of attenuation on multiples is more serious than primaries because multiples have longer propagation paths. To compensate for Q attenuation of multiples, Q-compensated least-squares reverse time migration of different-order multiples is proposed by deriving Q-compensated born modeling operators, Q-compensated adjoint operators and Q-attenuated demigration operators for different-order multiples. Based on inversion theory, this method compensates for Q attenuation along all the propagation paths of multiples. A stabilization operator is introduced to suppress exponential high frequency noise. Example on a modified attenuating Sigsbee2B model suggests that the proposed method can produce better imaging result than Q-compensated least-squares reverse time migration of primaries and noncompensated least-squares reverse time migration of multiples.