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22-26 квітня за підтримки Европейської асоціації геовчених та інженерів EAGE буде прочитаний Англомовний курс досвідченого геофізика Etienne ROBIEN «Seismic Imaging: a review».
Розклад лекцій: з 9:00 до 12:00 в аудиторії 104 ННІ «Інститут геології» (вул. Васильківська, 90).
По закінченню студентам буде виданий сертифікат.
Реєстрація за адресою: (Name Surname, course) to aptyshchenko@gmail.com
day 1: Foundations
1. Foundations:
Propagation of elastic waves;
Reflection coefficient;
Wavefields; rays; beams;
What is a ‘seismic image’
2. Principles of depth imaging
Using wavefield propagation based on the Kirchhoff Summation
day 2: PreSDM
3. Depth Imaging Tools: how do they work ?
Reverse Time Migration
Kirchhoff summation; Common Image Gather; Beam migrations
day 3: the Velocity Model
4. Reminder on velocities:
Velocity and rock physics; anisotropy various models
5. Anisotropic Velocity Model Building by ray-based Tomography;
Linear versus non linear tomography; non-uniqueness; constraints; importance of anisotropy; examples
6. Principles of Full Waveform Inversion workshop: Imaging Tools and VMB examples; comparisons; pros and cons
day 4: Time domain Imaging
7. Time domain Processing
NMO, velocity analysis, Multiples, Statics
8. Vertical Time domain Imaging – PreStack Time Migration
Concept of vertical time, Kirchhoff PreSTM
Seismic-to-well tie; synthetic seismograms;
VSP workshop: Time versus Depth Imaging: pros and cons; discussion
day 5: recent developments and breakthroughs
9. Applications of wavefield separation
Broadband seismic, Migration of multiples;
10. More on Inversion:
An insight into Least Squares RTM
Recent achievements with FWI; issues
Etienne ROBIEN
37 years professional experience in Seismic
President of EAGE - 2000
Shell; Elf ; Total S.A.
Processing, acquisition design and supervision, interpretation
Research (co-owner of 2 patents)
Managerial (Director of Research Centre; R&D Programme Manager)