Amplitude Preserving Kirchhoff Migration: A Traveltime Based Strategy

Amplitude versus offset information is a key feature to seismic reservoir characterization. Therefore amplitude preserving migration was developed to obtain this information from seismic reflection data. For complex 3-D media, however, this process is computationally expensive. In this paper we present an efficient traveltime based strategy for amplitude preserving migration of the Kirchhoff type. Its foundations are the generation of traveltime tables using a wavefront-oriented ray-tracing technique, and a generalized moveout relation for 3-D heterogeneous media. All required quantities for the amplitude preserving migration are computed from coarsely gridded traveltime tables. The migration includes the interpolation from the coarsely gridded input traveltimes onto the fine migration grid, the computation of amplitude preserving weight functions, and, optionally, the evaluation of an optimized migration aperture. Since ray tracing is employed for the traveltime computation the input velocity model needs to be smooth, i.e. velocity variations of spatial dimensions below the wavelength of the considered reflection signals are removed. Numerical examples on simple generic models validate the technique and an application to the Marmousi model demonstrates its potential to complex media. The major advantage of the traveltime based strategy consists of its computational efficiency by maintaining sufficient accuracy. Considerable savings in storage space (10⁵ and more for 3-D data with respect to no interpolation at all) can be achieved. The computational time for the stack can be substantially reduced (up to 90% in 3-D) with the optimized migration aperture since only those traces are stacked which really contribute to the image point under consideration.     

三维复杂介质中转换波走时快速计算

复杂介质中转换波走时计算是多波勘探地震学中重要内容之一.本项研究利用惠更斯原理和费玛原理,获得了三维复杂介质中转换波快速计算的改进型最小走时树方法.其中,在保证精度的条件下,为了提高三维转换波走时计算效率,首先对初至波最小走时树基本算法进行了改进.本方法通过将转换波分为上、下行波分别进行射线追踪以实现三维转换波走时的快速计算.模型计算表明,方法的计算速度快,而且稳定性强,对多波地震勘探具有较大的应用价值.     

SEISMIC RAY TRACING USING LINEAR TRAVELTIME INTERPOLATION1

A new ray-tracing method called linear traveltime interpolation (LTI) is proposed. This method computes traveltimes and raypaths in a 2D velocity structure more rapidly and accurately than other conventional methods. The LTI method is formulated for a 2D cell model, and calculations of traveltimes and raypaths are carried out only on cell boundaries. Therefore a raypath is considered to be always straight in a cell with uniform velocity. This approach is suitable to tomography analysis. The algorithm of LTI consists of two separate steps: step 1 calculates traveltimes on all cell boundaries; step 2 traces raypaths for all pairs of receivers and the shot. A traveltime at an arbitrary point on a cell boundary is assumed to be linearly interpolated between traveltimes at the adjacent discrete points at which we calculate traveltimes. Fermat's principle is used as the criterion for choosing the correct traveltimes and raypaths from several candidates routinely. The LTI method has been compared numerically with the shooting method and the finite-difference method (FDM) of the eikonal equation. The results show that the LTI method has great advantages of high speed and high accuracy in the calculation of both traveltimes and raypaths. The LTI method can be regarded as an advanced version of the conventional FDM of the eikonal equation because the formulae of FDM are independently derived from LTI. In the process of derivation, it is shown theoretically that LTI is more accurate than FDM. Moreover in the LTI method, we can avoid the numerical instability that occurs in Vidale's method where the velocity changes abruptly.     

三维多值走时地震波场重建及格林函数计算

针对三维复杂介质地震波传播数值计算中出现的多值走时情况,阐述了地震波场重建及格林函数计算中的困难,提出一种在相空间拉格朗日流形上的波场重建及格林函数计算方法．本文算法应用于三维叠前深度偏移处理流程时,可高效地获得均匀网格点上地震波多值走时及振幅的数值计算结果．文中还阐明两类数值计算过程判据,以在多值走时区域及计算的全区域中,控制射线追踪过程中的射线密度及格林函数计算精度．算例验证了本文方法的有效性．     

Finite-difference calculation of traveltimes based on rectangular grid

Introduction The calculation of seismic wave traveltimes is a basic and the most important step in tomo-graphy, seismic wave forward modeling and Kirchhoff prestack depth migration. Limitations withtraditional ray tracing fall into four categories. a) Analytical methods can only realize ray tracingfor simply varying velocity fields, so they have relative small applied-range; b) Shooting methodsof ray tracing can cause shadow zones. When the shadow zones exist the method will invalid; c)…     

A new 3-D ray tracing method based on LTI using successive partitioning of cell interfaces and traveltime gradients

We present a new method of three-dimensional (3-D) seismic ray tracing, based on an improvement to the linear traveltime interpolation (LTI) ray tracing algorithm. This new technique involves two separate steps. The first involves a forward calculation based on the LTI method and the dynamic successive partitioning scheme, which is applied to calculate traveltimes on cell boundaries and assumes a wavefront that expands from the source to all grid nodes in the computational domain. We locate several dynamic successive partition points on a cell's surface, the traveltimes of which can be calculated by linear interpolation between the vertices of the cell's boundary. The second is a backward step that uses Fermat's principle and the fact that the ray path is always perpendicular to the wavefront and follows the negative traveltime gradient. In this process, the first-arriving ray path can be traced from the receiver to the source along the negative traveltime gradient, which can be calculated by reconstructing the continuous traveltime field with cubic B-spline interpolation. This new 3-D ray tracing method is compared with the LTI method and the shortest path method (SPM) through a number of numerical experiments. These comparisons show obvious improvements to computed traveltimes and ray paths, both in precision and computational efficiency.     

多震相层析成像与在介质中的多波型射线跟踪

本文介绍了多震相的层析成像的思路和算法，通过穿透和反射走时可以同时作出２维和３维慢度（速度的倒数）重建。我们分析了在穿透和反射数据中确定速度和深度的不确定性，并认识到深度扰动对反射走时异常比慢度扰动更敏感。由不同波类型所提供的对速度和深度的约束，这个算法实际上减少了在一般反射层析成像在速度和深度之间的不确定性，并且也避免了在穿透层析成像中的不确定问题。线性化反演是通过从反射界面深度由分离速度参数迭代进行的。使用一个快速的２－Ｄ和３－Ｄ射线跟踪算法来计算穿透和反射走时和对幔度及反射界面深度的偏导数。深度和速度都用立方Ｂ样条函数来进行参数化。合成例子表明，当同时考虑穿透和反射时间，层析成像的结果得到改进。这个方法也应用到英国煤炭测量局（ＢｒｉｔｉｓｈＣｏａｌＭｅａｓｕｒｅｓ）沿跨线排列所记录的逆ＶＳＰ数据组。通过使用波形配合技术，用同时确定时间延迟和叠加权，可以自动拾取旅行时间。所观察到的逆ＶＳＰ层析成像可比周围介质具有较低速度的两个断层区域成像。断层的位置由附近的反射测线所确定。本文还讨论了在复杂２－Ｄ和３－Ｄ非均匀各向同性介质中地震射线跟踪方法。界面的几何形状和水平速度场都通过使用非均匀步长立方Ｂ－样条节点     

Secondorder interpolation of traveltimes

To carry out a 3D prestack migration of the Kirchhoff type is still a task of enormous computational effort. Its efficiency can be significantly enhanced by employing a fast traveltime interpolation algorithm. High accuracy can be achieved if secondorder spatial derivatives of traveltimes are included in order to account for the curvature of the wavefront. We suggest a hyperbolic traveltime interpolation scheme that permits the determination of the hyperbolic coefficients directly from traveltimes sampled on a coarse grid, thus reducing the requirements in data storage. This approach is closely related to the paraxial ray approximation and corresponds to an extension of the wellknown     method to arbitrary heterogeneous and complex media in 3D. Application to various velocity models, including a 3D version of the Marmousi model, confirms the superiority of our method over the popular trilinear interpolation. This is especially true for regions with strong curvature of the local wavefront. In contrast to trilinear interpolation, our method also provides the possibility of interpolating source positions, and it is 56 times faster than the calculation of traveltime tables using a fast finitedifference eikonal solver.     

The influence of sea water velocity variation on seismic traveltimes, ray paths, and amplitude

The main factors affecting seismic exploration is the propagation velocity of seismic waves in the medium. In the past, during marine seismic data processing, the propagation velocity of sea water was generally taken as a constant 1500 m/s. However, for deep water exploration, the sound velocity varies with the season, time, location, water depth, ocean currents, and etc.. It also results in a layered velocity distribution, so there is a difference of seismic traveltime, ray paths, and amplitude, which affect the migration imaging results if sea water propagation velocity is still taken as constant for the propagation wavefield. In this paper, we will start from an empirical equation of seismic wave velocity in seawater with changes of temperature, salinity, and depth, consider the variation of their values, build a seawater velocity model, and quantitatively analyze the impact of seawater velocity variation on seismic traveltime, ray paths, and amplitude in the seawater velocity model.     

表驱三维角度域Kirchhoff叠前时间偏移成像方法

针对传统Kirchhoff叠前时间偏移方法的一些不足,以及振幅随入射角、方位角变化(AVA/AVAZ)分析的需要,本文提出一种基于射线理论的三维叠前时间偏移角度域成像方法.它通过横向均匀介质中稳健的射线追踪建立单程波走时和传播角度的数值表,然后在此基础上估算反射波双程走时以及在界面处传播的方位角和入射角,最后基于脉冲响应叠加原理获得三维构造图像和方位\|角度域共成像点道集.与传统方法不同之处在于,上述过程均考虑了地震波在垂向变速介质中的射线弯曲效应和三维传播特征,有利于准确提取随入射角和方位角变化的振幅和时差信息.理论模型合成数据和实际地震资料测试结果展示了方法的优越性与实用性.     

起伏地形下的高精度反射波走时层析成像方法

全球造山带及中国大陆中西部普遍具有强烈起伏的地形条件.复杂地形条件下的地壳结构成像问题像一面旗帜引领了当前矿产资源勘探和地球动力学研究的一个重要方向.深地震测深记录中反射波的有效探测深度可达全地壳乃至上地幔顶部,而初至波通常仅能探测上地壳浅部.为克服和弥补初至波探测深度的不足,本文基于前人对复杂地形条件下初至波成像的已有研究成果,采用数学变换手段将笛卡尔坐标系的不规则模型映射到曲线坐标系的规则模型,并将快速扫描方法与分区多步技术相结合,发展了反射波走时计算和射线追踪的方法.进而利用反射波走时反演,实现起伏地形下高精度的速度结构成像,从而为起伏地形下利用反射波数据高精度重建全地壳速度结构提供了一种全新方案.数值算例从正演计算精度、反演中初始模型依赖性、反演精度、纵横向分辨率以及抗噪性等方面验证了算法的正确性和可靠性.     

复杂介质下保真振幅Kirchhoff深度偏移

本文详细讨论地下复杂介质地震成像问题.当速度模型含有强横向变化时,射线场会折叠形成多次走时,在这种情况下,文中证明在保真振幅叠前深度偏移时,应当考虑所有的到时才能得到定量的像.通过实例证明,在多次走时情况下,常规的共炮集、共检波器集都存在强的假像;由此提出共角度偏移的概念.最后,在多次走时下,讨论多次偏移算子(走时、相移、振幅等)的高效重构,给出了三维叠前深度偏移的快速算法.     

多步法快速射线追踪与圆台型高精度走时外插计算

为更好地适应复杂构造的地震偏移成像,本文提出了一套快速射线追踪算法和一种高精度的走时外插计算方法.采用线性多步法的预测-校正公式求解射线追踪方程组,与传统的四阶Runge-Kutta法相比,提高了计算效率.在网格节点上的走时计算中,应用一种基于圆台的外插方法,该方法以射线的方向为轴确定圆台,将轴上的走时外插到圆台内的网格节点上.与传统的矩形体外插方法相比,圆台走时外插方法提高了计算精度,且具有更好的稳定性.另外,该方法利用稀疏分布的射线即可获得高精度的走时表,节省计算量,对复杂构造的偏移成像非常有利,尤其是三维偏移.最后通过逆散射偏移成像算例,验证了算法的有效性和适用性.     

长白山天池火山研究区地壳三维界面与速度分布联合成像

迅速发展并得到广泛应用的空间深地震测深技术通过采用三维数据采集的观测系统,利用三维层析技术,以求获得区域地壳三维分层结构和三维速度分布图像。它与传统的二维宽角反射－折射剖面技术相结合,可以有效地研究区域性地壳结构,特别是壳内深断裂和低速层的空间展布特征。Kanasewich等(1985)给出了利用空间深地震测深资料重建地壳三维界面的方法,我们在其方法的基础之上,进一步提出地壳三维界面和速度分布联合反演的方法。正问题的计算是在Chander(1977)关于三维平界面的快速两点追踪算法上的改进,在获得界面三维反演结果的基础之上,利用剩余走时残差,采用模型不分块反演技术(Tarantola,Nercession 1986)重建地壳三维速度图像。 1998年国家地震局地球物理勘探中心在长白山火山区实施了三维深地震测深观测,目的是研究天池火山的岩浆系统。利用本次实验所获得的780余个PmP波走时数据,采用上述的方法重建了研究区莫霍界面和地壳三维速度分布图像。研究结果表明,本区莫霍界面由北东方向向南逐渐加深,在天池火山口下达最深,并且被一些可能存在的地壳厚度陡变带(或深断裂)所切割。在东西方向莫霍面由西向东缓缓加深,其变化较南北方向缓和。特别值得注意的是,存在着一条近北东方向的莫霍面深度陡变带(或深断裂带)从天池火山口西部穿过,相应位置与马鞍山—三道白河地堑型断裂相一致,该断裂带可能对天山火山喷发时岩浆的运移起到重要作用。深度为15km和25km的P波速度图像表明,在天池火山口下分布着近南北走向明显的低P波速度分布,其南北方向延伸的范围约为80－90公里左右。比较这两个深度上的低P波速度体的分布特点,可以看出这个低P波速度体尺度随深度逐渐变小,但在25km深度处仍清晰可见,这表明该区岩浆自上地幔侵入地壳的“痕迹”,这也意味着,长白山天池火山的岩浆系统极有可能延伸到上地幔或更深一些。     

共反射点轨迹的Hamilton方法

本文采用Ｈａｍｉｌｔｏｎ理论方法,研究反射地震记录域中地下同一反射点对应的反射走时随炮检距变化的特性,这在叠前地震资料处理中具有重要意义．由于走时函数可以表示成炮点位置、检波点位置、地震波射线出射角和接收角的函数,通过对共反射点走时与炮点位置变化关系的分析,提出了复杂介质中共反射点轨迹可用Ｈａｍｉｌｔｏｎ正则方程描述．在线性变速介质中,走时函数可以解析给出,由此可导出该介质中共反射点轨迹的Ｈａｍｉｌｔｏｎ正则方程．文中结合常速度、横向变速和线性变速介质模型,计算了地下不同反射面上各点相应的共反射点轨迹,阐明Ｈａｍｉｌｔｏｎ方法的一些特点,并首次引入Ｈａｍｉｌｔｏｎ理论方法描述共反射点走时随炮检距的变化特性,开创了该领域研究的一条新途径．     

一种改进的线性走时插值射线追踪算法

线性走时插值法（LTI）在走时的计算中,由于射线方向考虑不全,计算得到的节点走时不一定最小,导致追踪的射线路径无法满足最小走时.针对这一问题,本文提出了一种改进的射线追踪算法,通过采用多方向的循环计算,得到所有计算节点的最小走时,使追踪到的射线路径能真正满足最小走时,以确保射线追踪的精度.模拟实验结果表明,在介质速度变化剧烈的结构中,该算法与传统的LTI算法相比,有效地提高了射线追踪的精度.     

模拟退火方法在三维速度模型地震波走时反演中的应用

采用块状建模以及三角形拼接的界面描述方式,并通过立方体速度网格线性插值获得块体内部的速度分布。正演过程中采用逐段迭代射线追踪方法计算三维复杂地质模型中的射线走时,并采用模拟退火方法进行了三维模型中的地震波走时反演研究。模型测试结果表明,使用的射线追踪和走时反演算法有效。     

Second-order interpolation of later-arrival traveltimes

The performance of a 3D prestack migration of the Kirchhoff type can be significantly enhanced if the computation of the required stacking surface is replaced by an efficient and accurate method for the interpolation of diffraction traveltimes. Thus, input traveltimes need only be computed and stored on coarse grids, leading to considerable savings in CPU time and computer storage. However, interpolation methods based on a local approximation of the traveltime functions fail in the presence of triplications of the wavefront or later arrivals. This paper suggests a strategy to overcome this problem by employing the coefficients of a hyperbolic traveltime expansion to locate triplications and correct for the resulting errors in the interpolated traveltime tables of first and later arrivals.     

Determination of geometrical spreading from traveltimes

Geometrical spreading plays an important role for amplitude preserving migration, which is a very time-consuming process. In order to achieve efficiency in terms of computational time and, particularly, storage space, we propose a method to determine geometrical spreading from coarsely gridded traveltime tables. The method is based on a hyperbolic traveltime expansion and provides also a fast and accurate algorithm for the interpolation of traveltimes, including the interpolation of complete shots. Examples demonstrate the applicability of the method to isotropic and anisotropic media.     

3D description and inversion of reflection moveout of PS‐waves in anisotropic media

Common‐midpoint moveout of converted waves is generally asymmetric with respect to zero offset and cannot be described by the traveltime series t²(x²) conventionally used for pure modes. Here, we present concise parametric expressions for both common‐midpoint (CMP) and common‐conversion‐point (CCP) gathers of PS‐waves for arbitrary anisotropic, horizontally layered media above a plane dipping reflector. This analytic representation can be used to model 3D (multi‐azimuth) CMP gathers without time‐consuming two‐point ray tracing and to compute attributes of PS moveout such as the slope of the traveltime surface at zero offset and the coordinates of the moveout minimum. In addition to providing an efficient tool for forward modelling, our formalism helps to carry out joint inversion of P and PS data for transverse isotropy with a vertical symmetry axis (VTI media). If the medium above the reflector is laterally homogeneous, P‐wave reflection moveout cannot constrain the depth scale of the model needed for depth migration. Extending our previous results for a single VTI layer, we show that the interval vertical velocities of the P‐ and S‐waves (V_P0 and V_S0) and the Thomsen parameters ε and δ can be found from surface data alone by combining P‐wave moveout with the traveltimes of the converted PS(PSV)‐wave. If the data are acquired only on the dip line (i.e. in 2D), stable parameter estimation requires including the moveout of P‐ and PS‐waves from both a horizontal and a dipping interface. At the first stage of the velocity‐analysis procedure, we build an initial anisotropic model by applying a layer‐stripping algorithm to CMP moveout of P‐ and PS‐waves. To overcome the distorting influence of conversion‐point dispersal on CMP gathers, the interval VTI parameters are refined by collecting the PS data into CCP gathers and repeating the inversion. For 3D surveys with a sufficiently wide range of source–receiver azimuths, it is possible to estimate all four relevant parameters (V_P0, V_S0, ε and δ) using reflections from a single mildly dipping interface. In this case, the P‐wave NMO ellipse determined by 3D (azimuthal) velocity analysis is combined with azimuthally dependent traveltimes of the PS‐wave. On the whole, the joint inversion of P and PS data yields a VTI model suitable for depth migration of P‐waves, as well as processing (e.g. transformation to zero offset) of converted waves.