Gaussian beam prestack depth migration in heterogeneous transversely isotropic media

Abstract

The transversely isotropic (TI) media approximation is commonly applied to assist in the processing of seismic data acquired in sedimentary environments. Based on anisotropic kinematic and dynamic ray tracing systems, a P-wave Gaussian beam prestack depth migration (GB-PSDM) method for TI media is introduced in this paper. The imaging principle of anisotropic GB-PSDM and the corresponding migration parameters are presented on the basis of the GB-PSDM method in isotropic media. Tests of synthetic and field seismic data show that the method is an accurate and efficient anisotropic prestack depth migration method in TI media.