Computation of Q-derived static corrections from seismic data

摘要

The amplitude spectrum is generated within a selected time window of a seismic time scale recording. The rate of change, Q, of the natural logarithm of the signal amplitude is measured with respect to frequency. A Q-derived static time shift is computed and applied to the selected seismic time scale trace to correct the raw seismic times for dispersion-induced time distortion. Amplitude-correction and phase-correction filters are applied to the static-corrected trace to provide a new time scale trace corrected for velocity dispersion which is processed to provide a physical model of the subsurface of the earth.