Mathematics of Multidimensional Seismic Imaging, Migration, and Inversion

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-1-4612-6514-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 510 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 814 g

Reihe: Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics

In the last 40 years geophysicists have found that it is possible to construct images and even determine important physical characteristics of rocks that can yield information about oil and gas bearing structures in the earth. To make these images and extract this information requires the application of an advanced understanding of the mathematical physics of wave propagation. The oil and gas industry labels a major collection of the necessary seismic data processing methods by the name seismic "migration".
This text ist the first to treat many kinds of migration in a unified mahtematical way. The audience is mathematically oriented geophysicists or applied mathematicians working in the field of "inverse scattering imaging". The text can serve as a bridge between the applied math and geophysics community by presenting geophysicists with a practical introduction to advanced engineering mathematics, while presenting mathematicians with a window into the world of the mathematically sophistiated geophysicist.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bleistein, N.

Stockwell, John W. Jr.

Cohen, J.K.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Analysis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Multi-Dimensional Seismic Inversion.- The One- Dimensional Inverse Problem.- Inversion in Higher Dimensions.- Large-Wavenumber Fourier Imaging.- Inversion in Heterogeneous Media.- Two-and-One Half Dimensional Inversion.- The General Theory of Data Mapping.- Distribution Theory.- The Fourier Transform of Causal Functions.- Dimensional vs. Dimensionless Variables.- An Example of Ill-Posedness.-An Elementary Introduction to Ray Theory.- Author Index.- Subject Index.