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To the most of velocity fields, the traveltimes of the first break that seismic waves propagate along rays can be computed on a 2-D or 3-D numerical grid by finite-difference extrapolation. Under ensuring accuracy, to improve calculating efficiency and adaptability, the calculation method of first-arrival traveltime of finite-difference is derived based on any rectangular grid and a local plane wavefront approximation. In addition, head waves and scattering waves are properly treated and shadow and caustic zones cannot be encountered, which appear in traditional ray-tracing. The testes of two simple models and the complex Marmousi model show that the method has higher accuracy and adaptability to complex structure with strong vertical and lateral velocity variation, and Kirchhoff prestack depth migration based on this method can basically achieve the position imaging effects of wave equation prestack depth migration in major structures and targets. Because of not taking account of the later arrivals energy, the effect of its amplitude preservation is worse than that by wave equation method, but its computing efficiency is higher than that by total Green’s function method and wave equation method.
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Foundation item: National Natural Science Foundation of China (49894190-024) and Geophysical Prospecting Key Laboratory Foundation of China National Petroleum Corporation.
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Li, Zc., Liu, Yl., Zhang, Jl. et al. Finite-difference calculation of traveltimes based on rectangular grid. Acta Seimol. Sin. 17, 707–714 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-004-0010-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-004-0010-8
Key words
- finite-difference
- eikonal equation
- first-arrival traveltime
- rectangular grid
- Kirchhoff prestack depth migration
- Marmousi model