Introduction to petroleum seismology

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Ikelle, L. (Author), Amundsen, Lasse, 1957- (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Tulsa, Oklahoma (8801 South Yale St., Tulsa OK 74137-3175) : Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2018.
EditionSecond edition.
SeriesInvestigations in geophysics ; no. 12.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781560803447
1560803444
9780931830464
093183046X
9781560803430
Physical Description1 online resource (xxviii, 1374 pages) : illustrations (some color).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The relationship between seismic waves and particle motions in isotropic media
  • Partition of energy at an interface
  • The Fourier representation of seismic signals
  • Characterization of seismic signals by statistical random variables : I. Real-valued signals
  • Characterization of seismic signals by statistical random variables : II. Complex-valued signals
  • Characterization of seismic data by statistical averages of stochastic and deterministic signals
  • Data-driven transforms
  • The concepts of reciprocity and Green's functions
  • Acquisition geometries and seismic data
  • Modeling of dual-sensor wavefields in stratified media
  • Uniform wavefield sampling
  • Wavefield decomposition into p- and s-waves, and upgoing and downgoing waves
  • Multiple attenuation
  • Anisotropy
  • Anelasticity and nonlinear elasticity
  • Advanced numerical modeling
  • Elastic-electromagnetic equivalences
  • Nonuniform wavefield sampling
  • Multishooting : I. The cocktail party problem
  • Multishooting : II. The decoding and demultiple of instantaneous mixtures
  • Multishooting : III. Decoding of convolutive mixtures
  • Linearized and nonlinear inversion : single-shot and multishot data
  • Microseismicity : background and challenges
  • Appendix A. Terminology in petroleum geology
  • Appendix B. Velocity and density of reservoir fluids
  • Appendix C. Definition of integral transforms used in petroleum seismology
  • Appendix D. The 3D to 2D transformation and 2D to 3D transformation
  • Appendix E.A derivation of the linearized forward problem
  • Appendix F. f-k migration, NMO, and DMO
  • Appendix G. The explicit and implicit finite-difference methods.