Coding and Decoding: Seismic Data

The Concept of Multishooting

Coding and Decoding Seismic Data: The Concept of Multishooting, Volume One, Second Edition, offers a thorough investigation of modern techniques for collecting, simulating, and processing multishooting data. Currently, the acquisition of seismic surveys is performed as a sequential operation in which shots are computed separately, one after the other. The cost of performing various shots simultaneously is almost identical to that of one shot; thus, the benefits of using the multishooting approach for computing seismic surveys are enormous.

By using this approach, the longstanding problem of simulating a three-dimensional seismic survey can be reduced to a matter of weeks. Providing both theoretical and practical explanations of the multishooting approach, including case histories, this book is an essential resource for exploration geophysicists and practicing seismologists.

• Investigates how to collect, stimulate, and process multishooting data
• Addresses the improvements in seismic characterization and resolution that can be expected from multishooting data
• Provides information for the oil and gas exploration and production business that will influence day-to-day surveying techniques
• Covers robust decoding methods of undetermined mixtures, nonlinear decoding, the use of constraints in decoding processes, and nonlinear imaging of undecoded data
• Includes access to a companion site with answers to questions posed in the book