Reflection Seismology. Theory, Data Processing and Interpretation

✍ Scribed by Yang Wencai (Auth.)

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 255
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Authored by a geophysicist with more than 50 years of experience in research and instruction, Reflection Seismology: Theory, Data Processing and Interpretation provides a single source of foundational knowledge in reflection seismology principles and theory. Reflection seismology has a broad range of applications and is used primarily by the oil and gas industry to provide high-resolution maps and build a coherent geological story from maps of processed seismic reflections. Combined with seismic attribute analysis and other exploration geophysics tools, it aids geologists and geo-engineers in creating geological models of areas of exploration and extraction interest. Yet as important as reflection seismology is to the hydrocarbon industry, it's difficult to find a single source that synthesizes the topic without having to wade through numerous journal articles from a range of different publishers. This book is a one-stop source of reflection seismology theory, helping scientists navigates through the wealth of new data processing techniques that have emerged in recent years.

• Provides geoscientists and geo-engineers with a theoretical framework for navigating the rapid emergence of new data processing techniques
• Presents a single source of reflection seismology content instead of a scattering of disparate journal articles
• Features more than 100 figures, illustrations, and working examples to aid the reader in retaining key concepts
• Arms geophysicists and geo-engineers with a solid foundation in seismic wave equation analysis and interpretation

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages ix-xi
Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Wave Theory, Pages 1-18
Chapter 2 - Elastic Waves in a Perfect Elastic Solid, Pages 19-46
Chapter 3 - From Elastic Waves to Seismic Waves, Pages 47-81
Chapter 4 - Wave Equation Reduction with Reflection Seismic Data Processing, Pages 83-105
Chapter 5 - Integral Solutions of the Wave Equation with Boundary and Initial Value Conditions, Pages 107-134
Chapter 6 - Decomposition and Continuation of Seismic Wave Field, Pages 135-169
Chapter 7 - Seismic Inversion, Pages 171-213
Appendix - Finite Difference Method for Solving the Acoustic Wave Equation with Velocity and Density Variant Media, Pages 215-243
References, Pages 245-248
Index, Pages 249-255