South Texas Fault Shadow

Figure  16(a) is a Kirchhoff PSTM that revealed a severe fault shadow imaging problem. Figure 16(b) shows that, while depth migration has generally improved the overall imaging quality, it has not completely solved the problem.



Figure 16: South Texas fault shadow

(a) South Texas fault shadow PSTM

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(b) South Texas fault shadow PSDM

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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
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