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Postgraduate Course: Processing and Imaging (PGGE11176)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course introduces students to the most up to date theory which is being applied in the seismic industry. The course is designed for students who have a background in geophysics equivalent to Introduction to Geophysics and Seismic Methods courses. Students will develop an understanding of the current mathematical theories being used to process and image data in the seismic industry.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
1. Representation Theorems: derivation of the Rayleigh Integral, Kirchhoff-Helmholtz Integral representation and Lippmann-Schwinger equation.
2. Multiple Elimination Techniques: De-ghosting, predictive deconvolution for the elimination of short- and long-period multiples, Surface Related Multiple Elimination (SRME) in 2D and 3D, removal of sea-surface multiples by Kirchhoff inverse scattering theory.
3. Seismic Migration: Principles of seismic imaging, wavefield extrapolation and imaging conditions, Pre-stack Kirchhoff depth migration, Time-migration and Post-strack time migration, Kirchhoff Gauss Beam migration, Reverse Time Migration.
4. Introduction to Full Waveform Inversion.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsSeismic reflection processing Migration Multiples
Contacts
Course organiserDr Mark Chapman
Tel: (0131 6)50 8521
Email: mark.chapman@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Christine Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4866
Email: Christine.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
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