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Fermat’s Principle Raypaths in 3D Anisotropic Media
Bill Vetter
CSPG Special Publications
...Fermat’s Principle Raypaths in 3D Anisotropic Media Bill Vetter 1998 23 24...
1998
Finite Difference Modelling: Part IV
Lasse Amundsen, Ørjan Pedersen, Martin Landrø
GEO ExPro Magazine
... of reflection and refraction of light can be based on a theory known as geometric optics or ‘ray theory’, where light waves are represented with simple geometric...
2019
The Application of a Linear Increase of Velocity with Depth to Seismic Dip Migration
J. E. Stones
Oklahoma City Geological Society
..., which is an outgrowth of Fermat's Principle, relates the reflection and/or refraction of a ray impinging on a discontinuity to the velocity contrast...
1958
Abstract: Regime Rays: Visualizing the Fermat/Snell Loci in Homogeneous Anisotropic Media; #90171 (2013)
William J. Vetter
Search and Discovery.com
... wavelength/compositesrepetition-thickness ratio (e.g. Macbeth 2002). I suggest that Fermat’s principle and Snell’s law should apply in such composites...
2013
Critical Analysis of Stack Seismic Systems
L. E. Nugent, Jr.
AAPG Bulletin
... of Huygen and Fermat concerning wave advancement and minimum time paths, and Snell's law on refraction and reflection. Figure 2 has the same field...
1967
Chart Migrations
Frank A. Roberts
Oklahoma City Geological Society
..., depth and offset of reflecting horizons. The construction of the graph must include: Fermat's fundamental principle of seismology which is that a wave...
1958
The Limitations of Seismic Modelling of Geological Structures
B. L. N. Kennett
Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)
...) and extended to elastic waves by Kennett (1984a). Such a procedure allows, in principle, a complete treatment of reflection and transmission...
1985
Limitations of Reflection Seismograph
L. E. Nugent, Jr.
AAPG Bulletin
...Limitations of Reflection Seismograph L. E. Nugent, Jr. 1953 2513 2529 37 11. (November) Factors determining the precision of data procured...
1953
Diving wave tomography: Velocity modelling using first arrival traveltime
Amatul Syafi Abdul Basit, Abdul Rahim Md Arshad, Arulini Permalu
Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)
..., wide angle reflection and refraction, teleseismic and local earthquake (Rawlinson & Sambridge, 2003). The relationship between traveltime and wave...
2022
Application of finite difference eikonal solver for traveltime computation in forward modeling and migration
Amir Mustaqim Majdi, Seyed Yaser Moussavi Alashloo, Nik Nur Anis Amalina Nik Mohd Hassan, Abdul Rahim Md Arshad, Abdul Halim Abdul Latiff
Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)
... of the wave traveling like a ray through the shortest path (Fermat’s principle) in the model and change direction when encountering velocity and density...
2021
Designing Coal-Bed Methane Seismic Acquisition Survey Parameters Using Finite Difference Modeling
Abdul Haris, Befriko Murdianto, Adriansyah
Indonesian Petroleum Association
... reflection seismic to borehole seismic. Furthermore, the response produces all physically possible wave types, providing a more intuitive than...
2009
Anisotropy Kinematics Clarified through Regime Rrays Model
William J. Vetter
Search and Discovery.com
... channels (c.f. Cerveny 2001 p.28-30, p.103). They are (1) not traveltimes minimizing Fermat’s principle loci, (2) not pointwise Snell’s law conforming...
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Anisotropy Kinematics Clarified through Regime Rrays Model
William J. Vetter
Search and Discovery.com
... channels (c.f. Cerveny 2001 p.28-30, p.103). They are (1) not traveltimes minimizing Fermat’s principle loci, (2) not pointwise Snell’s law conforming...
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Dip and Azimuth Determination in 3D CRS-Stack
A. Hendriyana, M. Jaya, R. Sule, A.D. Guntara
Indonesian Petroleum Association
... properties along the raypath between source and receiver according to Fermat’s principle in ray theory. In contrast, CRS stacking operation...
2013
Abstract: Predicting Free Surface Multiples without the Water: SRME on Land; #90224 (2015)
Keith Wilkinson, Richard Bale, and Ken Gray
Search and Discovery.com
... is applied, and Fermat’s principle (stationary phase) results in the true DRP being reconstructed. The set of traces which constitute cross-convolved...
2015
Flow Simulation of Complex Fracture Systems With Unstructured Grids Using the Fast Marching Method
Changdong Yang, Xu Xue, Michael J. King, Akhil Datta-Gupta
Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)
... grids with two types of discretization, which are based on Fermat’s principle and Eulerian discretization. The accuracy and convergence...
2017
Technological Revolution in Petroleum Exploration: Chapter 11
Edgar Wesley Owen, C. V. Millikan
AAPG Special Volumes
..., liquids, or gases is Fermat's principle. This states that the waves follow a path which makes their travel time between two points a minimum...
1975
Chapter 10: Earthquake, Tomographic, Seismic Reflection, and Gravity Evidence for a Shallowly Dipping Subduction Zone beneath the Caribbean Margin of Northwestern Colombia
Rocio Bernal-Olaya, Paul Mann, Carlos A. Vargas
AAPG Special Volumes
.... Edgar, N. T., J. I. Ewing, and J. Hennion, 1971, Seismic refraction and reflection in Caribbean Sea: AAPG Bulletin, v. 55, p. 833–870. Ewing, J., J...
2015
High Resolution Diffraction Imaging of Small Scale Fractures in Shale and Carbonate Reservoirs
Alexander M. Popovici, Ioan Sturzu, Tijmen J. Moser
Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)
... events, because the part of reflected energy, which falls outside the Fresnel zone, does not follow the shortest reflection path according to Fermat...
2015
Abstracts: Synthetic Microseismic Files; #90173 (2015)
J. Wong, P. M. Manning, L. Han, and J. B. Bancroft
Search and Discovery.com
... location using nonlinear optimization: CREWES Research Report, 21, 73.1-73.14. Wong, J., 2010. Fermat’s principle and ray tracing through anisotropic...
2015
Implementation of the DIPSCAN Method to Estimate Boundary Dips in Complicated Structures by VSP Data
A. A. Tabakov, V.N.Ferentsi, H. Gravini
Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofisicos del Petróleo (ACGGP)
...) and velocity model of media in a vicinity Ω are known. From Fermat’s principle follows, that the ray is propagated from source point S to receiver point M...
2006
Application of Traveltime Tomography and Kirchhoff Migration Methods to Improve the Seismic Cross-Section Resolution on 2D Land Seismic Data
Harmita Lestari, Nur Ayu Anas, Muh. Resky Ariansyah, Sabrianto Aswad, Heri Winarto
Indonesian Petroleum Association
.... Basic legal principles include Snellius’s Law, Huygens’s Principle, and Fermat’s Principle (Shearer, 2009). * ** Bolt (1976), mechanical waves...
2019
Abstract: Successful Imaging Below Salt: Technique and 2 Case Histories, by R. Marschall, H.-J. Zoch, C. Henke, M. Krieger, and F. Kockel; #90923 (1999)
Search and Discovery.com
1999