Method for elastic model perturbation estimation from reverse time migration
US10339234B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V2210/679
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An Earth model of a subsurface is created from acquired seismic data by migrating at least one of the incident wavefields and reflected wavefields to generate angle gathers for the seismic data and identifying for the subsurface an elastic Earth model equation for the incident wavefields and the reflected wavefields in the acquired seismic data. The elastic Earth model is a function of reflection angle between the incident wavefields and reflected wavefields and elastic parameters and is fit to the generated angle gathers through perturbation in the elastic parameters. The generated perturbations are used to create the Earth model of the subsurface.
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