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           shallow amplitudes are suppressed while the dee-  are less suppressed while the amplitudes of late
           per amplitudes are boosted for larger P values. As  arrivals are insufficiently amplified. Figs. 5.38
                                                 P
                                                                                         P
           thePvaluedecreases,theeffectivenessofthet cor-  and 5.39 show two applications of the t correction
           rection also decreases: amplitudes of early arrivals  for different P values on two different marine shot























                     P
                                                       P
           FIG. 5.37  t gain for different P values. The efficiency of t correction depends on P value.































                     P
           FIG. 5.38  t corrections for different P values on a marine shot gather from relatively shallow waters. (A) Filtered shot with
                       P
           no gain, and its t corrected versions for (B) P ¼ 0.5, (C) P ¼ 1.0, (D) P ¼ 2.0, (E) P ¼ 3.0, and (F) P ¼ 4.0.
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