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Amplitude spectrum compensation and phase spectrum correction of seismic data based on the generalized S transform

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We propose a method for the compensation and phase correction of the amplitude spectrum based on the generalized S transform. The compensation of the amplitude spectrum within a reliable frequency range of the seismic record is performed in the S domain to restore the amplitude spectrum of reflection. We use spectral simulation methods to fit the time-dependent amplitude spectrum and compensate for the amplitude attenuation owing to absorption. We use phase scanning to select the time-, space-, and frequencydependent phases correction based on the parsimony criterion and eliminate the residual phase effect of the wavelet in the S domain. The method does not directly calculate the Q value; thus, it can be applied to the case of variable Q. The comparison of the theory model and field data verify that the proposed method can recover the amplitude spectrum of the strata reflectivity, while eliminating the effect of the residual phase of the wavelet. Thus, the wavelet approaches the zero-phase wavelet and, the seismic resolution is improved.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, CDUT, Chengdu, 610059, China

    Huai-Lai Zhou

  2. Key Lab of Earth Exploration & Information Techniques of Ministry of Education, CDUT, Chengdu, 610059, China

    Huai-Lai Zhou

  3. College of Geophysics, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, China

    Huai-Lai Zhou, Ming-Cheng Shen & Xin-Kun Zhang

  4. Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, China

    Jun Wang

  5. Exploration and Development Institute of Bohai Oil Field of CNOOC Co., Ltd Tianjin Branch, Tianjing, 300452, China

    Ming-Chun Wang

  6. College of Energy Resource, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, China

    Ping Liang

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This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41204091), New Teachers’ Fund for Doctor Stations, the Ministry of Education (No. 20105122120001), and Science and Technology Support Program from Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (No. 2011GZ0244).

Zhou Huai-Lai is an associate professor in the College of Geophysics, Chengdu University of Technology. He received his PhD in Earth Exploration and Information Techniques, from Chengdu University of Technology in 2009. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Sedimentary Geology in Chengdu University of Technology from 2010 to 2012. He is presently a postdoctoral research fellow in the University of Oklahoma, USA under the auspices of the China Scholarship Council. His research work is mainly on seismic data processing methods, seismic modeling and imaging, and inversion methods.

Wang Jun is a lecturer at the Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology. His teaching and research interests are in Geology and Sedimentology.

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Zhou, HL., Wang, J., Wang, MC. et al. Amplitude spectrum compensation and phase spectrum correction of seismic data based on the generalized S transform. Appl. Geophys. 11, 468–478 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11770-014-0456-y

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