Data regularization strategies for azimuth‐limited prestack migration of 3D land volumes in fracture detection applications

Autor: Mike Perz, Ye Zheng, Juefu Wang
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2009.
DOI: 10.1190/1.3255059
Popis: Summary We compare two different approaches to input data regularization for azimuth-limited Kirchhoff prestack migration, namely azimuth sectoring and prestack interpolation via band-limited Fourier reconstruction. We evaluate the performance of both approaches as they are employed in a P-wave fracture detection flow using real and synthetic data. The prestack interpolation gave excellent results in both the real and synthetic cases; moreover we found that a careful implementation of azimuth sectoring also gave good results. By contrast, a naive implementation of azimuth sectoring produced an unacceptable level of artifacts in the output fracture attribute volumes and we conclude that careful data regularization prior to prestack migration is a critical step in minimizing artifacts in post-migration fracture analysis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE