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Geology 5660/6660 Applied Geophysics 12 Feb 2016 Last Time: Seismic Reflection Travel-Time Cont’d • Dipping Layer Problem:  Using t2 on x2–t2 plot: (works for 1-layer!)  Using TDMO approximation on a TNMO vs x plot: (works for n-layers!) • Practicalities: Approximations valid for small offsets only; reflections visible in optimal window; watch multiples! (&, multiples can be used to add information to imaging!) • Diffractions: For a truncated layer boundary, travel-time of the diffraction has different moveout than reflection energy  After migration, diffraction will remain as a “smile” (and in seismic section, shows up as a “frown”) For Fri 14 Feb: Burger 200-253 (§4.4-4.7) © A.R. Lowry 2016

Some practical considerations continued: Emphasize high frequencies to better differentiate from low-f arrivals (e.g., surface waves) & improve resolution Vertical resolution: Recall V = f (high frequency = short wavelength) Theoretical limit of resolution for a thin bed is h = /4 (& in the practical limit h should be > /2)  = 10 m h = 7.5 m  = 20 m

Courtesy of ExxonMobill Good Migration Enhances Resolution Standard Migration High-end Migration Courtesy of ExxonMobill

Frequency also determines horizontal resolution: The first Fresnel zone (approximate area of the reflector responsible for a signal) has radius “Fresnel zone” R For V = 1500 m/s, f = 150 Hz, h = 20 m  R = 10 m

To emphasize high frequencies we use: Geophones with high natural frequency ~ 100 Hz Filters to remove low-frequency arrivals High-rate sampling to avoid aliasing High frequency source (e.g., dynamite, vibraseis) To image with high resolution, must also avoid spatial aliasing (i.e., geophone sampling must be relatively close!) 2000 Hz  2000 samples per second

Reflection Seismic Data Processing: Step I: Static Correction for elevation, variable weathering &/or water table: Generally would like to remove effects of elevation & shallow layer thickness to emphasize deeper reflections Vw V1 V2

First subtract a correction for low-velocity layer thickness: Assumes vertical rays, known thickness (from refraction!) & “corrects” travel time to what it would be if the top layer had velocity V1. (Unsaturated soil Vw ~ 400 m/s; saturated soil V1 ~ 1500 m/s) Vw V1 V2

Then subtract a correction for elevation differences: Typically choose elevation datum to be lowest point on the survey. Static correction is a time shift applied to the entire geophone trace! Equivalently can use “refraction static”: Shift head wave arrivals from layer 1 (on each trace) to give slope = 1/V1. es eg elevation datum ed Vw V1 V2

Static correction: Entire trace is shifted by a constant time Dynamic correction: Different portions of the trace are shifted by different amounts Reflection Seismic Data Processing Step II: Correction for Normal Move-out (NMO): If we want an image of the subsurface in two-way travel-time (or depth), called a seismic section, we correct for NMO to move all reflections to where they would be at zero offset. Could use Dix Eqns: but for lots of reflections, lots of shots this would involve lots of travel-time picks and lots of person-time… Instead we look for approaches that are easier to automate.

Approach A to Velocity Analysis: Recall the second-order binomial series approximation to TNMO: We know x but not t0, Vs. One approach is to use trial-&-error: At every t0, try lots of different “stacking velocities” Vs to find which best “flattens” the reflection arrival: Vs =  Vs = 1800 Vs = 1400 Vs = 1000 (Simple, but not fully automatic, and will not help to bring out weak reflections).

Approach B to Velocity Analysis: Similar to Approach A, in that we try lots of t0’s and stacking velocities Vs… Difference is that for each trial we sum all of the trace amplitudes and find which correction produces the largest stacked amplitude at time t0. Stack amplitude Peak stack amplitude defines correct stacking velocity

Approach C to Velocity Analysis: Assume every t0 is the onset of a reflection. Window every geophone trace at plus/minus a few ms and compare (“cross-correlate”) all traces within the window S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 The stacking velocity Vs that yields the most similar waveform in all windows gives highest cross-corr & is used for that t0.