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High-resolution seismic exploration /

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Capitalizing on knowledge learned over decades and combining underlying theory with practical cases, this book presents a systematic analysis of the issues involved in high-resolution seismic exploration. Translated from the original Chinese edition published in 1993 by Petroleum Industry Press and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Li, Qing-Zhong (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tulsa, Oklahoma : Society of Exploration Geophysicists, [2017]
Series:Geophysical monograph series ; no. 21.
Subjects:
Seismic prospecting.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Basic concepts of resolution and signal-to-noise ratio
  • Subsurface attenuation of high-frequency signals and the empirical Vp-Q relation
  • Recording range of seismometers for high-frequency signals
  • The characteristics of high-frequency noise and methods to reduce it in field acquisition
  • Static corrections and normal moveout
  • The importance of proper deconvolution
  • Dip-moveout correction, migration and trace interpolation
  • Ways to improve signal-to-noise ratio
  • Interpretation of high-resolution seismic profiles
  • Challenges and improvements in impedance
  • Additional seismic invrsion methods
  • Processing principles and reference flow for high-resolution seismic data
  • Future perspectives
  • Progress and prospects of high-resolution sesimic exploration in the new century
  • Summary cards.