Seismic Imaging and Inversion: Volume 1
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Seismic Imaging and Inversion: Volume 1

Application of Linear Inverse Theory

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Seismic Imaging and Inversion: Volume 1

Application of Linear Inverse Theory

About this book

Extracting information from seismic data requires knowledge of seismic wave propagation and reflection. The commonly used method involves solving linearly for a reflectivity at every point within the Earth, but this book follows an alternative approach which invokes inverse scattering theory. By developing the theory of seismic imaging from basic principles, the authors relate the different models of seismic propagation, reflection and imaging - thus providing links to reflectivity-based imaging on the one hand and to nonlinear seismic inversion on the other. The comprehensive and physically complete linear imaging foundation developed presents new results at the leading edge of seismic processing for target location and identification. This book serves as a fundamental guide to seismic imaging principles and algorithms and their foundation in inverse scattering theory, and is a valuable resource for working geoscientists, scientific programmers and theoretical physicists.

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Yes, you can access Seismic Imaging and Inversion: Volume 1 by Robert H. Stolt,Arthur B. Weglein in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Chemical & Biochemical Engineering. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface and acknowledgments
  7. 1: Introduction – modeling, migration, imaging, and inversion
  8. 2: Basic migration concepts
  9. 3: Prestack migration
  10. 4: Migration limitations
  11. 5: Models for wave propagation and reflection
  12. 6: Green's functions
  13. 7: The scattering potential
  14. 8: Reflectivity
  15. 9: Synthesizing reflection data
  16. 10: Frequency–wavenumber migration
  17. 11: Asymptotic modeling and migration
  18. 12: Residual asymptotic migration
  19. 13: Asymptotic data mapping and continuation
  20. 14: Least-squares asymptotic migration
  21. Appendix A: Conventions and glossary of terms
  22. Appendix B: Coordinates, vectors, and identities
  23. Appendix C: Fourier and Radon transforms
  24. Appendix D: Surface and pointwise reflectivity
  25. Appendix E: Useful filters
  26. Appendix F: The phase integral and the stationary phase approximation
  27. Appendix G: The diffraction integral
  28. Appendix H: Wave-based, ray-based, and reflector-based coordinates
  29. References
  30. Index