USING DOWNWARD CONTINUATION TO REDUCE MEMORY REQUIREMENTS IN REVERSE-TIME MIGRATION

被引:10
作者
HARRIS, CE [1 ]
MCMECHAN, GA [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TEXAS,CTR LITHOSPHER STUDIES,RICHARDSON,TX 75083
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D O I
10.1190/1.1443298
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
In conventional reverse-time depth migration, successive time slices from a stacked seismic section are inserted as boundary values at the top of the image space, and the wavefield is extrapolated backward in time until time = 0. The resulting fixed-time snapshot of the propagating wavefield, in space, is the migrated image. A simplified and highly optimized downward continuation process is proposed that preserves the benefits of conventional reverse-time migration and requires no layer identification. The algorithm is illustrated with synthetic examples. -from Authors
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