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Subject(s)

• Geophysics [Browse]
• Applied mathematics [Browse]
• Engineering mathematics [Browse]
• Computer graphics [Browse]

Series

• Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 55 [More in this series]
• Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 0930-0317 ; 55 [More in this series]

Summary note

Seismic imaging methods are currently used to produce images of the Earth's subsurface properties at diverse length scales, from high-resolution, near-surface environmental studies for oil and gas exploration to long-period images of the entire planet. This book presents the physical and mathematical basis of imaging algorithms in the context of controlled-source reflection seismology. The approach taken is motivated by physical optics and theoretical seismology. The theory is constantly put into practice via a graded sequence of computer exercises using the widely available SU (Seismic Unix) software package.

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Language note

English

Contents

• to seismic migration
• Harmonic analysis, delta functions, and all that
• Equations of motion for the earth
• Elastic wave equations
• Ray theory
• Kirchhoff migration
• Kirchhoff migration/inversion
• The method of stationary phase
• Downward continuation of the seismic wavefield
• Plane wave decomposition of seismograms
• Numerical methods for tracing rays
• Finite difference methods for wave propagation and migration
• SU user's manual
• SUB user's guide.

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ISBN

3-540-49180-5

Doi

10.1007/BFb0012081

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