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.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to the Wave Theory - p. XI 2. Chapter 2. Elastic Waves in a Perfect Elastic Solid - p. 18 3. Chapter 3. From Elastic Waves to Seismic Waves - p. 46 4. Chapter 4. Wave Equation Reduction with Reflection Seismic Data Processing - p. 81 5. Chapter 5. Integral Solutions of the Wave Equation with Boundary and Initial Value Conditions - p. 105 6. Chapter 6. Decomposition and Continuation of Seismic Wave Field - p. 134 7. Chapter 7. Seismic Inversion - p. 169 8. Appendix. Finite Difference Method for Solving the Acoustic Wave Equation with Velocity and Density Variant Media - p. 213 9. References - p. 243 10. Index - p. 243
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.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to the Wave Theory - p. XI 2. Chapter 2. Elastic Waves in a Perfect Elastic Solid - p. 18 3. Chapter 3. From Elastic Waves to Seismic Waves - p. 46 4. Chapter 4. Wave Equation Reduction with Reflection Seismic Data Processing - p. 81 5. Chapter 5. Integral Solutions of the Wave Equation with Boundary and Initial Value Conditions - p. 105 6. Chapter 6. Decomposition and Continuation of Seismic Wave Field - p. 134 7. Chapter 7. Seismic Inversion - p. 169 8. Appendix. Finite Difference Method for Solving the Acoustic Wave Equation with Velocity and Density Variant Media - p. 213 9. References - p. 243 10. Index - p. 243
