Modelagem e imageamento 2.5D no domínio do tempo através de diferenças finitas

Abstract

This thesis discuss modeling and imaging of seismic wavefields in 2.5D using finite-differences to solve numerically the wave equation. Modeling in 2.5D is extended to anisotropic elastic media with an arbitrary class of symmetry. The sources of the wavefield are generalized to simulate of explosive, dipole and double-couple distributions. The acquisition geometry is not required to coincide with a symmetry plane. Reverse time migration in 2.5D is implemented in conjunction with a new imaging condition based on the asymptotic analysis of the classical correlation imaging condition. The new imaging condition is designed to improve the amplitudes in reverse time migration (RTM) images, and to reduce back-scattering artifacts. Numerical experiments indicate that 2.5D RTM improves the resolution of the migrated images when compared to its 2D counterpart, and that the proposed imaging condition was effective improving the amplitudes and reducing back-scattering artifacts.