摘要 |
The current application is directed to computational systems and methods carried out by the computational systems for characterizing and/or imaging subsurface features based on digitally encoded data collected during exploration-seismology experiments. In particular, the current application is directed to computationally efficient methods and systems for processing data collected across a two-dimensional surface to produce, by stepwise propagation, a digitally encoded, stored-data representation of a three-dimensional pressure wavefield that is used in many different applications. In certain applications, the stored-data representation of a three-dimensional pressure wavefield is used, along with initial values and a portion of the boundary conditions, to solve for unknown portions of boundary conditions, including the structures and distributions of subsurface features and materials. |