Migration In a Nutshell Migration In a Nutshell Migration In a Nutshell D.S. Macpherson.

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- The problem with stackingA. The nature of the seismic image

Migrating the seismic imageon to the plane of the reflector

Un-migratedstacked data

Migratedimage

Un-migratedimage surface

Migratedimage surface

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F. Imaging by seismic migration

Un-migrated trace

Migrated trace

- Kirchhoff summation

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Reflector surface

Migration of stacked (ZSR) traceby Kirchhoff summation


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Migration of a diffractionby Kirchhoff summation

Diffraction hyperbola


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Un-migrated stack

Migrated stack


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Un-migrated Model

E. Seismic data processing - Pre-stack migration

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Migrated ModelEnd effect fromthe model

Migration noise


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Decimated Model(Every fifth trace)


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Migrated Model(Single offset - 600 feet)


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TRACE SWEEPAMIMATION

POSTSTACK

A B C D

Source Receiver

A A

A B C D

Source Receiver

B B

A B C D

Source Receiver

C C

A B C D

Source Receiver

D D

Composite

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Reflector surface

Migration of stacked (ZSR) traceby Kirchhoff summation


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Seismic section in depth showing productive intervals

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- The problem with stacking

Common mid-point

Moveout in the presence of dip

Stackedtrace

Moveoutcorrected

traces

Commonmid-point

gather


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SourceLocation

ReceiverLocation

Single Seismic TracePre-stack Migrated

E. Seismic data processing - Prestack migration

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- The problem with stacking

Common mid-point

Image point gather

Stackedtrace

Migratedtraces

Common imagepoint

Tracesin time

Common midpoint

Image pointwindow

3D bin size


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PreStack MigrationEllipse Sweep

- The problem with stackingA. The nature of the seismic image

Common mid-point

Image point gather

Stackedtrace

Migratedtraces

Common imagepoint

Tracesin time

Common midpoint

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

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Common mid-point

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

Common mid-point

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Common mid-point

2

Common mid-point

3

Common mid-point

4

Common mid-point

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Common mid-point

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Common mid-point

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Common mid-point

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Common mid-point

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Image pointwindow

3D bin size

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

Migratedtraces

Common imagepoint

Stacking traces in the image point gather in

offset ranges

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

These are all stacked traces,

but they are stacked in

offset ranges

Migratedtraces

Common imagepoint

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

Trace 1Near offsets

Common mid-pointCurrent offset

Migratedtraces

Common imagepoint

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

Trace 2


Migratedtraces

Common imagepoint

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

Trace 3


Migratedtraces

Common imagepoint

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

Trace 4Far offsets


Migratedtraces

Common imagepoint

Ray Tracing for the Reflections in the

Gather

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

Migratedtraces

Common imagepoint

Trace 1Near offsets

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

Migratedtraces

Common imagepoint

Trace 2

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

Migratedtraces

Common imagepoint

Trace 3

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

Trace 4Far offsets

Migratedtraces

Common imagepoint

Common mid-point

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

So we started with this

Common mid-point

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

Image pointwindow

3D bin size

And ended up with this

AVO Display

TRACE SWEEPAMIMATION

PRESTACK

A B C D

Source Receiver

A A

A B C D

Source Receiver

A B

A B C D

Source Receiver

A C

A B C D

Source Receiver

A D

A B C D

Source Receiver

B A

A B C D

Source Receiver

B B

A B C D

Source Receiver

B C

A B C D

Source Receiver

B D

A B C D

Source Receiver

C A

A B C D

Source Receiver

C B

A B C D

Source Receiver

C C

A B C D

Source Receiver

C D

A B C D

Source Receiver

D A

A B C D

Source Receiver

D B

A B C D

Source Receiver

D C

A B C D

Source Receiver

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Composite

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3D time (stacked) data cube

3D depth velocity model 3D ray tracing

3D “sweep” ray tracing

Iso-timecontours

- Depth migration

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Depth Migration Iso-time Map for the Shot Location

Depth Migration Iso-time Map for the Receiver Location

Depth Migration Iso-time Mapfor Both the Shot and Receiver Locations

The Sweep of a Single Prestack Trace

Link to TCHART.exe

- Displays in depth and timeA. The nature of the seismic image

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PRESTACKWAVE EQUATION

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SOURCE RECIEVER

SOURCE RECIEVER

200 Millisecond Image

Source time60 ms.

Receiver time140 ms.

SOURCE RECIEVER


Source time70 ms.


SOURCE RECIEVER


Source time80 ms.


SOURCE RECIEVER


Source time90 ms.


SOURCE RECIEVER


Source time100 ms.


SOURCE RECIEVER


Source time110 ms.

Receiver time90 ms.

SOURCE RECIEVER


Source time120 ms.

Receiver time80 ms.

SOURCE RECIEVER


Source time130 ms.

Receiver time70 ms.

SOURCE RECIEVER


Source time140 ms.

Receiver time60 ms.

SOURCE RECIEVER



3D Post-stack Time Migration

3D Pre-ststack Depth Migration

Data Courtesy of CGG

- Depth migration

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