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Time‐depth relationships for multilayer depth conversion[Note 1. Received July 1996, revision accepted January 1997. ...]
Author(s) -
AlChalabi M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
geophysical prospecting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2478
pISSN - 0016-8025
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1997.520293.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , geology , function (biology) , metamorphic petrology , computer science , geophysics , hydrogeology , physics , geotechnical engineering , thermodynamics , evolutionary biology , biology
The conversion of seismic time to depth through the use of analytical functions has been a common procedure in seismic work for many decades. With the exception of recent examples dealing with the linear function, none of the published time‐depth relationships corresponding to these functions is applicable to multilayer depth conversion. The present work redresses this situation. It presents formulae applicable to multilayer depth conversion for a large number of analytical functions. The derivation is based on a procedure generally similar to that presented by Japsen (1993). Most of the functions considered date back to a publication by Kaufman in 1953 and earlier publications. A number of other functions hitherto not known in the industry are also presented.