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Adaptive predictive deconvolution of seismic data

Journal Article · · Geophys. Prospect.; (United States)

The Wiener prediction filter has been an effective tool for accomplishing dereverberation when the input data are stationary. For non-stationary data, however, the performance of the Wiener filter is often unsatisfactory. This is not surprising since it is derived under the stationarity assumption. Dereverberation of nonstationary seismic data is here accomplished with a difference equation model having time-varying coefficients. These time-varying coefficients are in turn expanded in terms of orthogonal functions. The kernels of these orthogonal functions are then determined according to the adaptive algorithm of Nagumo and Noda. It is demonstrated that the present adaptive predictive deconvolution method, which combines the time-varying difference equation model with the adaptive method of Nagumo and Noda, is a powerful tool for removing both the long- and short-period reverberations. Several examples using both synthetic and field data illustrate the application of adaptive predictive deconvolution. The results of applying the Wiener prediction filter and the adaptive predictive deconvolution on nonstationary data indicate that the adaptive method is much more effective in removing multiples. Furthermore, the criteria for selecting various input parameters are discussed. It has been found that the output trace from the adaptive predictive deconvolution is rather sensitive to some input parameters, and that the prediction distance is by far the most influential parameter.

Research Organization:
Amoco Production Co., Tulsa, OK
OSTI ID:
7086565
Journal Information:
Geophys. Prospect.; (United States), Journal Name: Geophys. Prospect.; (United States) Vol. 25:2; ISSN GPPRA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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