Seismic modeling is a useful tool for studying the propagation of seismic waves within complex structures. However, traditional methods of seismic simulation cannot meet the needs for studying seismic wavefields in the complex geological structures found in seismic exploration of the mountainous area in Northwestern China. More powerful techniques of seismic modeling are demanded for this purpose. In this paper, two methods of finite element-finite difference method （FE-FDM） and arbitrary difference precise integration （ADPI） for seismic forward modeling have been developed and implemented to understand the behavior of seismic waves in complex geological subsurface structures and reservoirs. Two case studies show that the FE-FDM and ADPI techniques are well suited to modeling seismic wave propagation in complex geology.
In recent years, long-offset exploration has been widely used, especially on marine seismic surveys. Conventional AVO analysis is insufficient for long-offset seismic data. To widen the application range of AVO analysis, we present a new P-wave reflection coefficient approximation applicable to long-offset data. Our result is similar to the well known Shuey formula which can be treated as an approximation to our results for short-offset seismic data.
This paper introduces an image processing technique into seismic data processing as a noise attenuation technology. The image separation of the seismic profile is obtained by using grating operators based on different time dips and a set of relative single dip profiles is obtained. A high signal to noise ratio profile can be obtained during reconstruction by statistical weighting. With further processing analysis and geological study, a high signal to noise profile that can meet geological requirements can be produced. The real data examples show that the signal to noise ratio of the profile is greatly improved, the resolution of the profile is maintained, and the fault terminations are much clearer after using the image processing method.
