Abstract
Prestack depth migration (PSDM) analysis has the potential to significantly improve the accuracy of both shallow seismic reflection images and the measured velocity distributions. In a study designed to image faults in the Alvord Basin, Oregon, at depths from 25-1000 m, PSDM produced a detailed reflection image over the full target depth range. In contrast, poststack time migration produced significant migration artifacts in the upper 100 m that obscured reflection events and limited the structural interpretation in the shallow section. Additionally, an abrupt increase from ∼ 2500 to > 3000 m/s in the PSDM velocity model constrained the interpretation of the transition from sedimentary basin fill to basement volcanic rocks. PSDM analysis revealed a complex extensional history with at least two distinct phases of basin growth and a midbasin basement high that forms the division between two major basin compartments.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | B175-B181 |
Journal | Geophysics |
Volume | 71 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2006 |
Keywords
- Earth crust
- Faulting
- Rocks
- Seismology