Combined wide-angle and reflection velocity images via the tau-p domain – a sub-basalt application
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Reflections and refractions from wide-angle, densely sampled, multi channel streamer data are transformed automatically to the slowness-depth domain using a downward continuation algorithm. The method may be used to rapidly obtain velocity functions for use in pre-stack depth migration processes. Incorporation of the reflection data has the potential to produce velocity images in complex geological areas such as those associated with basalt layers.
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