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Seismic Acquisition
Seismic Acquisition
Acquisition from 2D to 3D
Midpoints
Midpoints
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Midpoints
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Midpoints
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Midpoints
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Midpoints
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Midpoints
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Midpoints
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Midpoints
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Hydrophone groups
#6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Shotpoint # 1
Midpoints
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Hydrophone groups
#6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Shotpoint # 1
Shotpoint # 2
Shotpoint # 1
Shotpoint # 2
Midpoints
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Hydrophone groups
#6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Shotpoint # 1
Shotpoint # 2
Shotpoint # 3
Shotpoint # 1
Shotpoint # 2
Shotpoint # 3
Midpoints
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Hydrophone groups
#6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Shotpoint # 1
Shotpoint # 2
Shotpoint # 3
Shotpoint # 4
Shotpoint # 1
Shotpoint # 2
Shotpoint # 3
Shotpoint # 4
Midpoints
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Hydrophone groups
#6
#4
5
1
#
#
Shotpoints # 1-8
1
2 Midpoints
3
45 6 7 8 8 13
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Fold or Multiplicity is the number of times that the same
midpoint is sampled by different shots and different receivers
Signal-to-Noise increases as the square root of the fold
Fold
1
2 Midpoints
3
45 6 7 8 8 13
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Fold
1
2 Midpoints
3
45 6 7 8 8 13
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Shotpoint gather
Common source-receiver offset gather (COS)
Common midpoint gather
Shotpoint Gather
#4
5
3
2
#
#
#
1
#
Shotpoint Gather
Shotpoint #3
#6
#4
5
3
2
#
#
#
1
Hydrophone groups #
#6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Shotpoint #3
#6
#4
5
3
2
#
#
#
1
Hydrophone groups #
#6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Shotpoint #3
#6
#4
5
3
2
#
#
#
1
Hydrophone groups #
#6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Reflecting points
Midpoints
A shotpoint gather samples different reflecting points at a variety of angles
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Hydrophone group #4
Common source-receiver offset and
common receiver, shotpoints 1-8
#6
#4
5
3
2
#
#
#
1
#
Hydrophone group #4
Common source-receiver offset and
common receiver, shotpoints 1-8
#6
#4
5
3
2
#
#
#
1
#
COS means equal reflection angle
Midpoints
In the case of a COS gather where are the true
midpoints when the reflecting, geological interface
has a dip?
#6
#4
5
3
2
#
#
#
1
#
COS means equal reflection angle
Midpoints
COS NO LONGER implies equal reflection angles
#6
#4
5
3
2
#
#
#
1
#
Midpoints
Common Midpoint Method (CMP Method)
Hydrophone group #4
Common mid-points and
shotpoints 1-8
#6
#4
5
3
2
#
#
#
1
#
Midpoints
Hydrophone group #4
Common mid-point and
shotpoints 1-8
#6
#4
5
3
2
#
#
#
1
#
group
8 76 5 4 3 2 1
Midpoint #6
#6
#4
5
3
2
#
#
#
1
#
group
8 76 5 4 3 2 1
Midpoint #6
#6
#4
5
3
2
#
#
#
1
#
group
8 76 5 4 3 2 1
Midpoint #6
An output sweep
(e.g., 10-80 Hz)
A vibrator truck
DATA
DATA
DATA
Outline-2
Acquisition Parameters
Time Sample Rate
Offset Range
Listen Time
Sample Rate and Temporal Aliasing
Geophone Spacing and Spatial Aliasing
Shooting geometry
inline
cross-line
Sample Rates
?
Sample Rates
Sample Rates
Sample Rates
Sample Rates
OTHERWISE .
Undersampled waveforms
f f
Amplitude
Nyquist frequency
Amplitude
Nyquist frequency
Amplitude
Maximum shot-receiver
offset
Target depth
Maximum shot-receiver
offset
Target depth
Multi-layered earth
Outline-2
Acquisition Parameters
Time Sample Rate
Offset Range
Listen Time
Sample Rate and Temporal Aliasing
Geophone Spacing and Spatial Aliasing
Shooting geometry
inline
cross-line
Listen Time
1
Nk
2(CMPspacing )
IN PRACTICE each wavenumber must be sampled at least four times per minimum
wavelength (two CMPs per wavelength)
Spatial aliasing
lambda
CMP interval Liner, 9.7,p.192
4sin
Spatial aliasing
lambda
CMP interval
4sin
Vx
V Vt
V Vt
sin limit
Vx
VT
sin limit
2Vx
VT
Vxlim it
2sin
Geophone Spacing and Spatial Aliasing
K=0
1/4 wavelength shift per trace
total shift across array=3/4 wavelength
K=+ or -ve?
1/4 wavelength shift per trace
total shift across array=3/4 wavelength
K=?
1/2 wavelength shift per trace
total shift across array=3/2 wavelength
K=0
3/4 wavelength shift per trace
total shift across array=2 1/4 wavelength
Spatial aliasing
uu
r
X geophone ( xg , y g , z g )
uu
r
X shot ( xs , ys , zs )
Common Midpoint
uu
r 1 uur uu
r
X CMP ( X shot X geophone )
2
Source-Receiver Offset
uu
r uur uu
r
X offset ( X shot X geophone ) 2D
uu
r uu
r uu
r
X offset X shot X geophone 3D
Azimuth (3D)
xshot xgeophone
tan 1
yshot y geophone
Inline geometry
Matlab code
Outline-2
Acquisition Parameters
Time Sample Rate
Offset Range
Listen Time
Sample Rate and Temporal Aliasing
Geophone Spacing and Spatial Aliasing
Shooting geometry
inline
cross-line
Cross-line geometry
Matlab code
Spatial aliasing