Migration of Converted PS-Waves Directly From Irregular Surfaces by Using the Gaussian Beam Summation Method

Abstract

Processing pressure shear (PS)-wave data is more challenging than PP-wave data because of the asymmetry of the source-to-receiver ray paths, particularly for irregular surfaces and sparse acquisition. Gaussian beam summation (GBS) migration is an effective method for imaging seismic data from irregular surfaces. In this letter, we introduce a converted PS-wave migration method for irregular surfaces using GBS, in which a scalar wavefield is used for wavefield propagation imaging. Cross correlation imaging is performed using forward-continued source wavefields calculated with the P-wave and reverse-continued wavefields calculated using the S-waves from the receivers. The corresponding Green's function is constructed as a superposition integral of the Gaussian beams emitted from the source and the receivers on the irregular surfaces, respectively. Numerical tests demonstrate that the method is a flexible and effective alternative for accurate imaging of converted PS-wave data from irregular surfaces.