3D depth migration by rotated McClellan filters1

The application of McClellan transformations considerably reduces the computational cost of 3D wavefield depth extrapolation by explicit convolutional methods. The accuracy of migration methods based on McClellan transformation depends on how well the transformation filter (cos !;κ!;) is approximated; errors in this approximation cause anisotropy in the extrapolation operator and frequency dispersion in the migrated results. The anisotropy can be greatly reduced by rotating the approximate filter by 45° and averaging the rotated filter with the original filter. The application of the rotated filter yields a migration method that correctly images very steep dips, with little or no additional computational cost. McClellan migration with the improved circular response enhances the imaging of synthetic and real data.     

三维各向异性介质中的波动方程叠前深度偏移方法

基于三维VTI各向异性介质的频散关系,构建波数项和空间项分离的单程波算子表达式,以优化算法,确定算子的待定系数,实现广角逼近三维VTI介质的广义相移算子,发展了可灵活处理强或弱各向异性介质的波动方程叠前深度偏移方法.文中同时也针对其工业应用建议了三维VTI各向异性介质中可提高计算效率的频率相关变步长波场深度延拓算法及稀...     

3D TABLE-DRIVEN MIGRATION1

An efficient full 3D wavefield extrapolation technique is presented. The method can be used for any type of subsurface structure and the degree of accuracy and dip-angle performance are user-defined. The extrapolation is performed in the space-frequency domain as a space-dependent spatial convolution with recursive Kirchhoff extrapolation operators. To get a high level of efficiency the operators are optimized such that they have the smallest possible size for a specified accuracy and dip-angle performance. As both accuracy and maximum dip-angle are input parameters for the operator calculation, the method offers the possibility of a trade-off between these quantities and efficiency. The operators are calculated in advance and stored in a table for a range of wavenumbers. Once they have been calculated they can be used many times. At the basis of the operator design is the well-known phase-shift operator. Although this operator is exact for homogeneous media only, it is assumed that it may be applied locally in case of inhomogeneities. Lateral velocity variations can then be handled by choosing the extrapolation operator according to the local value of the velocity. Optionally the operators can be designed such that they act as spatially variant high-cut filters. This means that the evanescent field can be suppressed in one pass with the extrapolation. The extrapolation method can be used both in prestack and post-stack applications. In this paper we use it in zero-offset migration. Tests on 2D and 3D synthetic and 2D real data show the excellent quality of the method. The full 3D result is much better then the result of two-pass migration, which has been applied to the same data. The implementation yields a code that is fully vectorizable, which makes the method very suitable for vector computers.     

基于自适应优化有限差分方法的全波VSP逆时偏移

与地面地震资料相比,VSP资料具有分辨率高、环境噪声小及能更好地反映井旁信息等优点.常规VSP偏移主要对上行反射波进行成像,存在照明度低、成像范围受限等问题.为了增加照明度、拓宽成像范围、提高成像精度,本文采用直达波除外的所有声波波场数据(全波),包括一次反射波、多次反射波等进行叠前逆时偏移成像.针对逆时偏移中的四个关键问题,即波场延拓、吸收边界条件、成像条件及低频噪声的压制,本文分别采用自适应变空间差分算子长度的优化有限差分方法(自适应优化有限差分方法)求解二维声波波动方程以实现高精度、高效率的波场延拓,采用混合吸收边界条件压制因计算区域有限所引起的人工边界反射,采用震源归一化零延迟互相关成像条件进行成像,采用拉普拉斯滤波方法压制逆时偏移中产生的低频噪声.本文对VSP模型数据的逆时偏移成像进行了分析,结果表明:自适应优化有限差分方法比传统有限差分方法具有更高的模拟精度与计算效率,适用于VSP逆时偏移成像;全波场VSP逆时偏移成像比上行波VSP逆时偏移的成像范围大、成像效果好;相对于反褶积成像条件,震源归一化零延迟互相关成像条件具有稳定性好、计算效率高等优点.将本文方法应用于某实际VSP资料的逆时偏移成像,进一步验证了本文方法的正确性和有效性.     

Arbitrary-order Taylor series expansion-based viscoacoustic wavefield simulation in 3D vertical transversely isotropic media

Taking the anisotropy of velocity and attenuation into account, we investigate the wavefield simulation of viscoacoustic waves in 3D vertical transversely isotropic attenuating media. The viscoacoustic wave equations with the decoupled amplitude attenuation and phase dispersion are derived from the fractional Laplacian operator and using the acoustic approximation. With respect to the spatially variable fractional Laplacian operator in the formulation, we develop an effective algorithm to realize the viscoacoustic wavefield extrapolation by using the arbitrary-order Taylor series expansion. Based on the approximation, the mixed-domain fractional Laplacian operators are decoupled from the wavenumbers and fractional orders. Thus, the viscoacoustic wave propagation can be conveniently implemented by using a generalized pseudospectral method. In addition, we perform the accuracy and efficiency analyses among first-, second- and third-order Taylor series expansion pseudospectral methods with different quality factors. Considering both the accuracy and computational cost, the second-order Taylor series expansion pseudospectral method can generally satisfy the requirements for most attenuating media. Numerical modelling examples not only illustrate that our decoupled viscoacoustic wave equations can effectively describe the attenuating property of the medium, but also demonstrate the accuracy and the high robustness of our proposed schemes.     

三维复杂构造中地震波模拟的单程波方法

复杂构造中单程波与双程波方法模拟结果的比较表明,就地震勘探中主要关心的一次反射波而言,单程波算法已具有足够的精度. 使用单程波方程将极大地减少数值计算的计算量,同时对介质的几何和物理参数建模也降低了要求. 单程波算法可视为深度偏移的“逆运算”,这样可以很好地借用已知的深度偏移方法及其程序系统. 基于计算效率和计算精度的双重考虑,本文在介质速度结构较复杂时采用显式短算子波场延拓方法,而在介质速度结构相对简单时采用分裂步相移法. 反射系数的计算中考虑了其随入射角的变化.     

双平方根方程三维叠前深度偏移

从双平方根（DSR）形式的波动方程出发，基于沉降观测概念和地震波扰动理论，介绍了深度域的DSR全偏移算子及共成像道集的生成方法. 根据三维地震数据的方位角特征，通过对全偏移算子的稳相近似，依次导出了适应于零方位角道集、Cross line共偏移距道集以及共偏移距矢量道集的偏移算子. 理论分析与合成数据的数值试验表明，DSR全偏移算子、共方位角偏移算子对介质速度变化的适应性很强，而其余两种偏移算子仅适用于缓变速情况.     

Operator-oriented CRS interpolation

In common‐reflection‐surface imaging the reflection arrival time field is parameterized by operators that are of higher dimension or order than in conventional methods. Using the common‐reflection‐surface approach locally in the unmigrated prestack data domain opens a potential for trace regularization and interpolation. In most data interpolation methods based on local coherency estimation, a single operator is designed for a target sample and the output amplitude is defined as a weighted average along the operator. This approach may fail in presence of interfering events or strong amplitude and phase variations. In this paper we introduce an alternative scheme in which there is no need for an operator to be defined at the target sample itself. Instead, the amplitude at a target sample is constructed from multiple operators estimated at different positions. In this case one operator may contribute to the construction of several target samples. Vice versa, a target sample might receive contributions from different operators. Operators are determined on a grid which can be sparser than the output grid. This allows to dramatically decrease the computational costs. In addition, the use of multiple operators for a single target sample stabilizes the interpolation results and implicitly allows several contributions in case of interfering events. Due to the considerable computational expense, common‐reflection‐surface interpolation is limited to work in subsets of the prestack data. We present the general workflow of a common‐reflection‐surface‐based regularization/interpolation for 3D data volumes. This workflow has been applied to an OBC common‐receiver volume and binned common‐offset subsets of a 3D marine data set. The impact of a common‐reflection‐surface regularization is demonstrated by means of a subsequent time migration. In comparison to the time migrations of the original and DMO‐interpolated data, the results show particular improvements in view of the continuity of reflections events. This gain is confirmed by an automatic picking of a horizon in the stacked time migrations.     

三维叠前深度偏移的准三维算法研究

介绍了目前叠前偏移方法的研究状况，引入准三维算法的概念并对其进行了讨论，同时对共方位角偏移算子作了详细的介绍，最后，给出了运用共方位角偏移算子在实际中的应用结果，认为共方位角方法具有运算速度快，适应范围大的优点，有较好的研究开发前景。     

波动方程深度偏移的频率相关变步长延拓方法

发展了波动方程深度延拓的频率相关变步长深度延拓方法和表驱动的单点波场插值技术.前者通过减少深度延拓的次数减少了波动方程深度偏移的计算量,而后者用很少的计算量实现了等间距、理想采样的深度成像.就同一偏移方法,采用频率相关变步长深度延拓加单点插值,其计算量大约是常规的等间距采样延拓方法的三分之一,但两者的成像效果基本相同.文中以最优分裂Fourier方法为例,用二维理论数据（Marmousi模型）和三维实际地震资料验证了这一方法,但这一方法可适用于各类频率域波动方程深度偏移方法.     

求解二阶解耦弹性波方程的低秩分解法和低秩有限差分法

时间域的波场延拓方法在本质上都可以归结为对一个空间-波数域算子的近似.本文基于一阶波数-空间混合域象征,提出一种新的方法求解解耦的二阶位移弹性波方程.该方法采用交错网格,连续使用两次一阶前向和后向拟微分算子,推导得到了解耦的二阶位移弹性波方程的波场延拓算子.由于该混合域象征在伪谱算子的基础上增加了一个依赖于速度模型的补偿项,可以补偿由于采用二阶中心差分计算时间微分项带来的误差,有效地减少模拟结果的数值频散,提高模拟精度.然而,在非均匀介质中,直接计算该二阶的波场延拓算子,每一个时间步上需要做N次快速傅里叶逆变换,其中N是总的网格点数.为了减少计算量,提出了交错网格低秩分解方法;针对常规有限差分数值频散问题,本文将交错网格低秩方法与有限差分法结合,提出了交错网格低秩有限差分法.数值结果表明,交错网格低秩方法和交错网格低秩有限差分法具有较高的精度,对于复杂介质的地震波数值模拟和偏移成像具有重要的价值.     

三维VSP数据高效偏移成像的超道集方法

当前的三维VSP地震数据偏移成像实现都是在共炮点道集或共检波点道集中逐个道集循环进行的,计算效率相对较低.根据三维VSP观测系统中炮点和检波点布置的特殊性和地震波场满足线性叠加的特性,本文提出了一种三维VSP数据的高效偏移成像方法,即首先通过对三维VSP共接收点道集进行地震数据的广义合成得到一种超道集,然后在共接收点道集的波场深度外推过程中逐步应用多震源波场对超道集进行偏移成像,即利用一次波场深度外推循环完成对所有共检波点道集数据的偏移成像.通过三维VSP模型数据与实际地震数据的偏移成像试验验证了这种高效的超道集偏移成像方法可取得与常规共检波点道集相当的偏移成像效果,还具有极高的计算效率,其计算量与单个共检波点道集的偏移成像计算量相当.     

Infilling of sparse 3D data for 3D focusing operator estimation

Seismic migration can be formulated in terms of two consecutive downward extrapolation steps: refocusing the receivers and refocusing the sources. Applying only the first focusing step with an estimate of the focusing operators results in a common focal point (CFP) gather for each depth point at a reflecting boundary. The CFP gathers, in combination with the estimates of the focusing operators, can be used in an iterative procedure to obtain the correct operators. However, current 3D seismic data acquisition geometries do not contain the dense spatial sampling required for calculation of full 3D CFP gathers. We report on the construction of full 3D CFP gathers using a non‐full 3D acquisition geometry. The proposed method uses a reflector‐orientated data infill procedure based on the azimuthal redundancy of the reflection data. The results on 3D numerical data in this paper show that full 3D CFP gathers, which are kinematically and dynamically correct for the target event, can be obtained. These gathers can be used for iterative updating of the 3D focusing operators.     

Wavefield extrapolation and prestack depth migration in anelastic inhomogeneous media

Wavefield depth extrapolation and prestack depth migration in complex anelastic media are studied. Kjartansson's frequency‐independent Q law is used to describe the absorption of seismic energy. The macromodel used is analogous to the macromodel used for current migration schemes except that an additional frequency‐independent Q macromodel needs to be provided. Absorption in the forward one‐way propagator is introduced by assuming a complex phase velocity, and the inverse one‐way propagator is obtained using the reciprocity theorem for one‐way wavefields in dissipative media. The stability of the inverse propagator is achieved by limiting the angle of propagation of wavefields. A table‐driven explicit operator scheme for imaging complex 2D anelastic media is presented. High‐accuracy, short convolution operators are designed by the weighted least‐squares method, and two kinds of imaging conditions are proposed. Numerical examples of depth extrapolation in laterally varying media, the migration of a spatial impulse with dispersion as well as shot record depth migration demonstrate the potential of the proposed explicit forward operator, the explicit inverse operator and the prestack depth migration scheme, respectively.     

3D高阶抛物Radon变换在不规则地震数据保幅重建中的应用

3D地震数据不规则采样缺失重建是地震勘探数据处理流程中的重要问题.本文提出了一种基于具有保幅特性的非均匀高阶抛物Radon变换（NHOPRT）地震数据重建方法.在最小二乘反演方程中引入Delaunay三角网格剖分来计算空间不规则加权系数,从而获得最接近完整规则数据的高阶抛物Radon变换域系数.在用SVD求解反演方程过程中,利用高阶抛物Radon变换算子在频率域为指数函数,具有线性可分解特性,将二维空间的高阶抛物Radon变换算子分解为两个独立的一维空间变换算子,减小了变换算子的矩阵大小,从而很大程度地提高了计算效率.理论模型和实际地震数据重建测试证明了本文方法的有效性以及实用性.     

波场延拓短算子构造方法

在频率-空间域显式叠前深度偏移中，波场深度延拓是通过显 式差分短算子与波场的空间褶积完成的. 基于对显式差分短算子的设计方法的研究，提出了 一种基于相移算子约束的离散光滑插值的构造一维显式短算子的方法. 通过离散光滑插值法 ，在频率-波数域中，以传播区内的相移算子为约束，在传播区外的算子两端处以零点为约 束，进行离散光滑插值，使得所得算子具有二阶光滑可导性，则其对应的频率-空间域中的 算子就可以取得很短. 该方法设计简单，精度高，能够满足波场深度延拓的需要.     

Acoustic finite-difference modeling beyond conventi-onal Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy stability limit: App-roach based on variable-length temporal and spatial operators

Conventional finite-difference (FD) methods cannot model acoustic wave propagation beyond Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy (CFL) numbers 0.707 and 0.577 for two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) equal spacing cases, respectively, thereby limiting time step selection. Based on the definition of temporal and spatial FD operators, we propose a variable-length temporal and spatial operator strategy to model wave propagation beyond those CFL numbers while preserving accuracy. First, to simulate wave propagation beyond the conventional CFL stability limit, the lengths of the temporal operators are modified to exceed the lengths of the spatial operators for high-velocity zones. Second, to preserve the modeling accuracy, the velocity-dependent lengths of the temporal and spatial operators are adaptively varied. The maximum CFL numbers for the proposed method can reach 1.25 and 1.0 in high velocity contrast 2D and 3D simulation examples, respec-tively. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method by modeling wave propagation in simple and complex media.     

基于短算子设计的黏性介质叠前时间偏移

为了提高频域黏性介质叠前时间偏移的计算效率,本文采用加权最小平方方法设计高精度的、最优时域褶积短算子,发展了一套表驱动的时域黏性介质叠前时间偏移方法.该方法将大量的逐频率补偿运算转化为少量的时域褶积运算,并将走时,振幅表和补偿褶积短算子系数表的计算过程与补偿成像过程相剥离,提高了时域算法的计算效率;通过控制最大的补偿因...     

EFFICIENT 2D AND 3D SHOT RECORD REDATUMING1

In order to make 3D prestack depth migration feasible on modern computers it is necessary to use a target-oriented migration scheme. By limiting the output of the migration to a specific depth interval (target zone), the efficiency of the scheme is improved considerably. The first step in such a target-oriented approach is redatuming of the shot records at the surface to the upper boundary of the target zone. For this purpose, efficient non-recursive wavefield extrapolation operators should be generated. We propose a ray tracing method or the Gaussian beam method. With both methods operators can be efficiently generated for any irregular shooting geometry at the surface. As expected, the amplitude behaviour of the Gaussian beam method is better than that of the ray tracing based operators. The redatuming algorithm is performed per shot record, which makes the data handling very efficient. From the shot records at the surface‘genuine zero-offset data’are generated at the upper boundary of the target zone. Particularly in situations with a complicated overburden, the quality of target-oriented zero-offset data is much better than can be reached with a CMP stacking method at the surface. The target-oriented zero-offset data can be used as input to a full 3D zero-offset depth migration scheme, in order to obtain a depth section of the target zone.     

Depth imaging in anisotropic media by symmetric non-stationary phase shift

We present a new depth‐imaging method for seismic data in heterogeneous anisotropic media. This recursive explicit method uses a non‐stationary extrapolation operator to allow lateral velocity variation, and it uses the relationship between phase angle and the spectral coordinates of seismic data to allow velocity variation with phase angle. A qualitative comparison of migration impulse responses suggests that, for an equivalent cost, the symmetric non‐stationary phase‐shift (SNPS) operator is superior to the phase‐shift plus interpolation (PSPI) operator, for very large depth intervals. To demonstrate the potential of the new method, seismic data from a physical model acquired over a transversely isotropic medium are imaged using a shot‐record migration based on the SNPS operator.