Seismic Imaging Diary

Objective: Learn theory and practice of seismic migration algorithms.

Module

Reading

Subject

Lab

Module 1 Read PPT overview. and Chapter 1 Overview Hands on Migration Lab
Module 2 Read Chapter 2 Optional Exploding Reflector Modeling.ppt and Diffraction Stack Migration. Forward Modeling=Smear reflectivity along hyperbolas in data space, Migration=Smear data along ellipse in model space Homework and Poststack Forward Modeling Lab
Module 3 Read Chapter 2 Prestack Born Modeling. and FD Modeling. .
Module 4 Read Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 Prestack Migration and Migration Resolution Hmwk: Problems 1, 4 in Chapter 3. Extra credit Problem 5. Lab Option 1: Poststack Migration Lab or Lab Option 2: Homework or Lab Option 3: Prestack Forward Modeling Lab
Module 5 Aliasing: Read Chapter 3 Time Migration and Aliasing Aliasing Hmwk. (Due April 5) and Radar Migration Lab or Prestack Migration Lab or Field data labs .
Module 6 Kirchhoff Migration: Read Chapter 4 Green's Theorem.ppt Japan Sea Time Migration Lab ; HmwkExercise
Module 7 RTM: Read Chapter 5. PPT: FD Modeling and Reverse Time Migration KM and KM lecture notes and Reciprocity Theorem PPT. .
Module 8 RTM: Read Chapter 5 and 1st Break Paper. LSM 1st RTM Lab.
Module 9 Chapter 5 on RTM. GDM PPT Lecture. RTM Tips. Read 1st Break Paper 2nd RTM Lab .
Module 10 Read Phase Shift, PSPI, and Split Step Migration. Phase Shift, PSPI, and SSP Migration Phase Shift Migration Lab .
Module 11 Read FFD Migration. Fourier Finite Difference Migration. Multisource Imaging PPT Homework: Exercises 3-8 in Chapt. 6. Prestack Phase Shift Migration Lab .
Module 12 Read Wavepath Migration and MVA: PhD Dissertation. Wavepath Migration and MVA PPTs. Final
Module 13 Read Stolt Migration Homework . Phase Shift Migration Lab.
Module 14 Read Wavepath Migration and MVA: PhD Dissertation. . Wave Inversion Lab (Due 04/29/09).
Module 15 FX Migration Read Paper of the Year and AVO. F-X Migration. F-X/Up-down separation lab.
. Lecture Notes: Wave Equation Traveltime Tomography, Diffraction Slice Projection Theorem. Read Reflection Traveltime Tomography, Wave Equation Tomography by Woodward , Wavepath Eikonal Tomography by Schuster , Resolution.ppt; Wave Equation Traveltime Inversion by by Luo+Schuster , Resolution.ppt; and PPT Wave equation tomography. Tomography Lab: Traveltime Inversion