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GEOPHYSICS
Volume 68, Issue 2, Pages 634-640Publisher
SOC EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICISTS
DOI: 10.1190/1.1567233
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Prestack Stolt residual migration can be applied to seismic images that are depth migrated using wavefield extrapolation techniques. This method has significant advantages over other methods that estimate interval velocity functions for depth migration. It is more accurate than methods that are based on focusing the stack of migrated images by a residual NMO operation, so it provides a more accurate estimate of the correct migration velocities. Also, it is conceptually simpler and easier to implement than traveltime tomography methods. Although the theory is developed assuming constant velocity, the method can be used for depth-migrated images produced with smoothly varying velocity models, since the residually migrated images depend only on the ratio of the reference and updated velocities. This method closely resembles Stolt-stretch techniques, so it inherits the Stolt method's speed and convenience. The main applications of this method are in migration velocity analysis (MVA), where it can be used to investigate the effects of gross velocity changes on the migrated image, and as a tool for residual image enhancement used by more sophisticated MVA methods, e.g., wave-equation migration velocity analysis.
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