Introduction to petroleum seismology

Provides the basic theoretical and practical background needed to tackle present and future challenges of petroleum seismology, especially those related to seismic data acquisition and imaging and to reservoir characterization and monitoring. The first part of the book evolves from first principles...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Ikelle, L.
Other Authors Amundsen, Lasse, 1957-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Tulsa, Okla. : Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2005.
SeriesInvestigations in geophysics ; no. 12.
Subjects
Petroleum > Prospecting.
Petroleum engineering.
Seismic waves.
Seismic prospecting.
Petroleum > Geology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781560801702
1560801700
9781523116126
1523116129
1560801298
9781560801290
Physical Description1 online resource (xxv, 679 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The relationship between propagation of seismic waves and particle motions in isotropic media
  • 3. Partition of energy at an interface
  • 4. The Fourier representation of seismic signals
  • 5. Characterization of seismic signals by statistical averages
  • 6. The concepts of reciprocity and Green's functions
  • 7. Acquisition geometries and seismic data
  • 8. Wavefield sampling
  • 9. Wavefield decomposition into P- and S-waves and upgoing and downgoing waves
  • 10. Multiple attenuation
  • 11. An example of an inverse problem : linearized seismic inversion
  • 12. Anisotropy and beyond
  • A. Some terminology of petroleum geology
  • B. Velocities and densities of reservoir fluids
  • C.A review of finite-difference modeling : explicit implementation
  • D. Definitions of some of the integral transforms used in petroleum seismology
  • E. 3D-to-2D transformation and 2D-to-3D transformation
  • F.A derivation of the linearized forward problem
  • References
  • Index.

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