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CONCLUSIONS

I explore the possibility of imaging prestack data by reverse-time migration in the midpoint-offset domain. The method that I derive successfully imaged a simple synthetic data set. However, it is not capable of migrating correctly overturned events, which is one of the main goals of the effort. This limitation originates from the limitations of the starting point of my derivation; that is, the Double Square Root equation. The DSR assumes a null (constant) vertical offset between source and receivers. The choice of a more general starting point might lead to a useful migration method.


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Stanford Exploration Project
6/7/2002