System and method for compensating time and offset varying near-surface effects in seismic data background
US9014985B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 2010 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V2210/20
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for and computer implemented method for transforming seismic trace information includes obtaining seismic trace information for each trace, the seismic trace information including shot to receiver offset and the vertical velocity of at least one subsurface primary reflector and including respective information resulting from near-surface layering and velocity effects and relating to the primary reflector, reversibly transforming seismic trace information from each non-zero offset trace such that the respective information resulting from the near-surface effects at each non-zero offset position is moved in a time dimension such that they become effectively periodic with respect to respective primary reflector information and in accordance with a periodicity for a zero offset trace at the same surface location, filtering the transformed seismic trace information to remove at least a portion of the information resulting from near-surface effects, and inverting the reversible transforming.
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