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Multisource Least-squares Reverse Time Migration

Least-squares migration has been shown to be able to improve image quality over conventional migration method, but its computational cost is often too high to be practical. In this chapter, I develop two numerical schemes to implement least-squares migration with the reverse time migration method and the blended source processing technique to increase computation efficiency. By iterative migration of supergathers that consist of a sum of many phase-encoded shot gathers, the image quality is enhanced and the crosstalk noise associated with the encoded shot gathers is reduced. Numerical tests on the 2D HESS VTI data show that the multisource LSRTM algorithm suppresses migration artifacts, balances the amplitudes, improves image resolution, and reduces crosstalk noise associated with the blended shot gathers. For this example, the multisource LSRTM is about three times faster than the conventional RTM method. For the 3D example of the SEG/EAGE salt model, with comparable computational cost, multisource LSRTM produces images with more accurate amplitudes, better spatial resolution, and fewer migration artifacts compared to conventional RTM. The empirical results suggest that the multisource LSRTM can produce more accurate reflectivity images than conventional RTM does with similar or less computational cost. The caveat is that LSRTM image is sensitive to large errors in the migration velocity model.



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Wei Dai 2013-07-10