Reverse time migration (RTM) is a seismic imaging method to map the subsurface reflectivity
using recorded seismic waveforms. The practice in exploration seismology has long …

The solution of the inverse scattering problem for the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation
is given by the Marchenko equation. Recently, a Marchenko-type equation has been derived …

The ocean-bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition system is designed to gather high-fidelity,
wide-azimuth, and long-offset four-component (4C) data, which includes shear waves and …

Elastic wave imaging has been a significant challenge in the exploration industry due to the
complexities in wave physics and numerical implementation. We have separated the …

Methods for wavefield injection are commonly used to extrapolate seismic data in reverse
time migration (RTM). Injecting a single component of the acoustic field, for example …

The determination of the P-and S-wave propagation directions is crucial for wavefield
decomposition, polarity reversal correction, and noise suppression in elastic reverse time …

Conventional seismic processing aims to create data that contain only primary reflections,
whereas real seismic recordings also contain multiples. As such, it is desirable to predict …

Wavefield injection in finite-difference (FD) grids can be described by the method of multiple
point sources. The method teaches how synthetically generated wavefields and wavefield …

Conventionally, multicomponent geophones used to record the elastic wavefields in the
solid seabed are necessary for ocean bottom seismic (OBS) data elastic reverse time …

From the elastic-wave equation and the energy conservation principle, we have derived an
energy norm that is applicable to imaging with elastic wavefields. Extending the concept of …