Introduction [pdf 364K] Gabriel Alveraz Subsurface images provided by the seismic reflection method are the single most
important tool used in oil and gas exploration. Almost exclusively, our
conceptual model of the seismic reflection method, and consequently our
seismic data processing algorithms, treat primary reflections, those waves
that are scattered back towards the surface only once, as the ``signal''.
The traveltimes of the primary reflections are used to map the structure of
lithology contrasts while their amplitudes provide information about the
magnitude of the lithology contrasts as well as other information such as presence
or absence of fluids in the pore spaces of the rock.
All other waves such as multiples, waves that are scattered
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