Publication Name: Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference 2018
Authors: Shaun Strong
Date Published: February 2018
Number of Pages: 4
Abstract:
Land seismic exploration is often limited or impacted by complex structures in the near surface. These can include large variations in velocities related to weathering (low velocity) or basalts (potentially high velocity).In this paper we use finite-difference visco-elastic modelling to investigate the impact that a number of common near-surface structures have on seismic data. This modelling has been used to determine the optimal acquisition and processing parameters required for a seismic program in order to achieve desired results.