Chapter 4
Zero Offset Migration Algorithms

The sections on imaging are clearly the heart of the boo–this chapter contains a discussion of zero-offset poststack migration, including time migrations, and chapter  6 discusses prestack migration. The wide selection of algorithms are from what we call the migration hierarchy, but not all of those algorithms are covered completely. Considerable importance is placed on the impact of aliasing and on how full wave-equation-based methods function in exactly the same manner as much simpler approaches, although they are more difficult to understand.

  The Migration Algorithm Hierarchy
  Migration in Depth
   Explicit Two-Way XT-Reverse-Time Migration
   Implicit Two-Way XT Reverse-Time Migration
   Two-Way FX Reverse-Time Migration
   Explicit One-Way XT Reverse-Time Migration
   Implicit One-Way XT Reverse-Time Migration
   One-Way FK Reverse-Time Migration
   One-Way FKX-Reverse-Time Migration
   Kirchhoff Style Methods
   Plane-Wave Migration
  Migration in Time
   Converting to Vertical Time
   The Major Difference between Time and Depth Migration
   Dip Limits
   One-Way XT-Time Migration
   One-Way FK Time Migration
   Kirchhoff Style Time Migration
   Cascaded Migration
  Migration Summary
 
Introduction
Seismic Modeling
History
Zero Offset Migration Algorithms
Exploding Reflector Examples
Prestack Migration
Prestack Migration Examples
Data Acquisition
Migration Summary
Isotropic Velocity Analysis
Anisotropic Velocity Analysis
Case Studies
Course Summary