A multi-pass one way method to include turning waves and multiples
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Richardson-Malcolm_A multi-pass one way.pdf
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Author(s) •
Richardson, Alan
Malcolm, Alison E.
Date Issued
2012
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory
Series/Report no.
Earth Resources Laboratory Industry Consortia Annual Report;2012-23
Abstract
Conventional one way migration methods exclude turning waves and multiples. We propose an algorithm that uses multiple passes to extend the one way method to efficiently include these wavepaths. A comparison of the images produced by the regular one way algorithm, RTM, and the new method, shows that this new method can significantly improve the image in regions of interest, and in certain situations may even provide more useful information than RTM. The runtime is demonstrated to be in between that of regular one way and RTM, while the physical memory required is considerably lower than that of RTM.
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Migration
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