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Mapping of moveout in tilted transversely isotropic media
Author(s) -
Stovas Alexey,
Alkhalifah Tariq
Publication year - 2013
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 - 10.1111/1365-2478.12052
Subject(s) - transverse isotropy , isotropy , transverse plane , geology , axis of symmetry , point reflection , symmetry (geometry) , inversion (geology) , geometry , physics , optics , seismology , condensed matter physics , mechanics , mathematics , anatomy , medicine , tectonics
ABSTRACT The computation of traveltimes in a transverse isotropic medium with a tilted symmetry axis tilted transversely isotropic is very important both for modelling and inversion. We develop a simple analytical procedure to map the traveltime function from a transverse isotropic medium with a vertical symmetry axis (vertical transversely isotropic) to a tilted transversely isotropic medium by applying point‐by‐point mapping of the traveltime function. This approach can be used for kinematic modelling and inversion in layered tilted transversely isotropic media.