Processing of large offset data: experimental seismic line from Tenerife Field, Colombia
ABSTRACT: Exploration seismology provides the main source of information about the Earth’s subsurface, which in many cases can be presented as a simple model of horizontal or near-horizontal layers. After the seismic acquisition step, conventional seismic processing of reflection data provides an im...
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| author | Francisco Gamboa Ortega Amin Bassrei Ellen de Nazaré Souza Gomes Michelângelo Gomes da Silva Andrei Gomes de Oliveira |
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| description | ABSTRACT: Exploration seismology provides the main source of information about the Earth’s subsurface, which in many cases can be presented as a simple model of horizontal or near-horizontal layers. After the seismic acquisition step, conventional seismic processing of reflection data provides an image of the subsurface by using information about the reflections of these layers. The traveltime from a source to different receivers is adjusted using a hyperbolic function. This expression is used in the case involving an isotropic medium, which is a simplification of nature, whereas geologically complex media are generally anisotropic. A subsurface model that more closely resembles reality is the vertical transverse isotropy, which defines two parameters that are required to correct the traveltimes: the NMO velocity and the anellipticity parameter. In this paper, we reviewed the literature and methodology for velocity analysis of seismic data acquired from anisotropic media. A model with horizontal layers and anisotropic behavior was developed and evaluated. The anisotropic velocity was compared to the isotropic velocity, and the results were analyzed. Finally, the methodology was applied to real seismic data, i.e. an experimental landline from Tenerife Field, Colombia. The results show the importance of the anellipticity parameter in models with anisotropic layers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36481963358442788c32cce83bb8e1252022-12-22T01:35:54ZengSociedade Brasileira de GeologiaBrazilian Journal of Geology2317-46922018-03-01010.1590/2317-4889201820170072S2317-48892018005002101Processing of large offset data: experimental seismic line from Tenerife Field, ColombiaFrancisco Gamboa OrtegaAmin BassreiEllen de Nazaré Souza GomesMichelângelo Gomes da SilvaAndrei Gomes de OliveiraABSTRACT: Exploration seismology provides the main source of information about the Earth’s subsurface, which in many cases can be presented as a simple model of horizontal or near-horizontal layers. After the seismic acquisition step, conventional seismic processing of reflection data provides an image of the subsurface by using information about the reflections of these layers. The traveltime from a source to different receivers is adjusted using a hyperbolic function. This expression is used in the case involving an isotropic medium, which is a simplification of nature, whereas geologically complex media are generally anisotropic. A subsurface model that more closely resembles reality is the vertical transverse isotropy, which defines two parameters that are required to correct the traveltimes: the NMO velocity and the anellipticity parameter. In this paper, we reviewed the literature and methodology for velocity analysis of seismic data acquired from anisotropic media. A model with horizontal layers and anisotropic behavior was developed and evaluated. The anisotropic velocity was compared to the isotropic velocity, and the results were analyzed. Finally, the methodology was applied to real seismic data, i.e. an experimental landline from Tenerife Field, Colombia. The results show the importance of the anellipticity parameter in models with anisotropic layers.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-48892018005002101&lng=en&tlng=ennon-hyperbolic velocity analysisanisotropyanellipticity parameterexperimental seismic line. |
| spellingShingle | Francisco Gamboa Ortega Amin Bassrei Ellen de Nazaré Souza Gomes Michelângelo Gomes da Silva Andrei Gomes de Oliveira Processing of large offset data: experimental seismic line from Tenerife Field, Colombia Brazilian Journal of Geology non-hyperbolic velocity analysis anisotropy anellipticity parameter experimental seismic line. |
| title | Processing of large offset data: experimental seismic line from Tenerife Field, Colombia |
| title_full | Processing of large offset data: experimental seismic line from Tenerife Field, Colombia |
| title_fullStr | Processing of large offset data: experimental seismic line from Tenerife Field, Colombia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Processing of large offset data: experimental seismic line from Tenerife Field, Colombia |
| title_short | Processing of large offset data: experimental seismic line from Tenerife Field, Colombia |
| title_sort | processing of large offset data experimental seismic line from tenerife field colombia |
| topic | non-hyperbolic velocity analysis anisotropy anellipticity parameter experimental seismic line. |
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