Dip‐moveout processing by Fourier transform in anisotropic media

Author:

Anderson John E.1,Tsvankin Ilya2

Affiliation:

1. Mobil Exploration & Production Technical Center, P.O. Box 650232, Dallas, Texas 75265-0232

2. Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401.

Abstract

Conventional dip‐moveout (DMO) processing is designed for isotropic media and cannot handle angle‐dependent velocity. We show that Hale's isotropic DMO algorithm remains valid for elliptical anisotropy but may lead to serious errors for nonelliptical models, even if velocity anisotropy is moderate. Here, Hale's constant‐velocity DMO method is extended to anisotropic media. The DMO operator, to be applied to common‐offset data corrected for normal moveout (NMO), is based on the analytic expression for dip‐dependent NMO velocity given by Tsvankin. Since DMO correction in anisotropic media requires knowledge of the velocity field, it should be preceded by an inversion procedure designed to obtain the normal‐moveout velocity as a function of ray parameter. For transversely isotropic models with a vertical symmetry axis (VTI media), P‐wave NMO velocity depends on a single anisotropic coefficient (η) that can be determined from surface reflection data. Impulse responses and synthetic examples for typical VTI media demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of this DMO technique. Once the inversion step has been completed, the NMO-DMO sequence does not take any more computing time than the genetic Hale method in isotropic media. Our DMO operator is not limited to vertical transverse isotropy as it can be applied in the same fashion in symmetry planes of more complicated anisotropic models such as orthorhombic.

Publisher

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Subject

Geochemistry and Petrology,Geophysics

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