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Migration

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Developments in Geophysical Exploration Methods

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Seismic migration is one of the most rapidly changing fields in data processing. During the last twelve years three major methods and a host of minor methods have appeared on the scene, each with its own range of applicability. In this article we examine in detail the three mainstream migration methods, i.e. the diffraction stack, F-K migration, and finite difference migration; we scrutinise their strengths, weaknesses and relative merits in terms ofpractical migration problems. We also look at some of the new techniques which have been discussed in the literature and which are, potentially, the migration methods of the future—these include hybrid finite difference/Fourier methods, direct velocity inversion techniques, and stack enhancement by partial migration.

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Hood, P. (1981). Migration. In: Fitch, A.A. (eds) Developments in Geophysical Exploration Methods. The Developments Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8105-8_6

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