Azimuthal τ-p analysis in anisotropic media

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Nov 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008geoji.175..587s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Journal International, Volume 175, Issue 8, pp. 587-597.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Numerical Approximation And Analysis, Seismic Anistropy, Wave Propagation

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For the purpose of transversely isotropic (TI) normal moveout (NMO) correction, we propose analysis of plane wave transformed azimuthal gathers, interactively using a single azimuth data at a time and a new delay time equation (developed in this paper), which is a function of two parameters at each azimuth. Results from independently estimated multi-azimuth gathers, then, can be combined to estimate stiffness or Thomsen coefficients. Azimuthal τ-p analysis also avoids numerical ray tracing, resulting in a rapid algorithm. We demonstrate the applicability of our method using a set of P-wave synthetic seismograms from a multilayered medium, consisting of isotropic and HTI layers. Azimuth-dependent anisotropy parameters are derived by delay time fitting and NMO correction. The reflections from the bottom interface of an isotropic layer with an anisotropic overburden show apparent anisotropic traveltime behaviour, which is easily accounted for by our layer-stripping based azimuthal NMO analysis. Unlike the previous approximate HTI NMO correction equation, this equation performs better NMO correction for the HTI medium and is also applicable to the VTI medium. Presence of only two reduced parameters in the equation helps the anisotropic parameter estimation become less ambiguous.

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