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           Tectonic Settings                                             (b)  still  shows  distortion   Fig.   in   6.22a),   6.22d,   Fig.   a   of   migrated   recognized   not   migrated   not   The   left   illustrated   the   by   can  settings   seismic  sections   crustal   common   and   The





           of                                                        time  section.  The  distortion  may  be  due  to.a  combination  Standard  migration  of  (a).  The  continued  distortion  of  the  lower  event   71-131   section   in   approximation   two  of  the   are   6.22c   has   reflector.   as   tectonic   and   internal   prominent   observed.   are
           Expression      BRAN o ot   Ree   SS   ee   Sess   Se,   5    migration  bending  shows  far  less  distortion,  revealing  a  more  continuous  event  after  depth  con-   (lines   close   a   effects   Fig.   in   upper   be   there,   SETTINGS   illustrations   on   are   that



           Seismic           x   Lae   aD                                after  standard  R.  Chambers,  Imaging  beneath  complex  structure,  AAPG  Studies  In  1983.  Redrawn  with  permission  of  the  American  Association  of  Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa,  Oklahoma,  USA   seismic  profiles   dimensions.  The   is   time,   108.  Comparison   three-dimensional   reflection   the   not   different   constraints   of   that  patterns   features

                2km                                                                      line   of   should   TECTONIC   in   patterns.  The   of
                                                                     unmigrated   Depth  conversion   synthetic   three   in   computer   beneath   if   escarpment   segments   it  section;   6.22d).   developed   visualization   reflection   array



               Section   ERG Eorewe  neat  teats  proceed                          61   information   effort   and   plane   arise   that   fault   connecting   of   the   (Fig.   OF   stratigraphy   reflection   rough   data;   complete   the


               Time                                                  Distorted  event  below  anticline  on  bending  (Fig.  6.18b,c).  b)   computing   the   of  expense   vertical   problems   The   plane   the   migration   EXPRESSION   seismic   a   are   reflection   than
               Unmigrated                                               an  artifact  of  the  raypath  bending  distortion.  c)  event.  d)  Migration  accounting  for  raypath  K.  Larner,  B.  Gibson,  and   by  achieved   all  migrating   great   the   for   illustrates   accommodated.   position,   ‘appears   in   dimensional   and  Structure   characteristic   below   by   rather




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              Deep,   toward   interface                                                        61   from   the    6.22c   was

          Profiles   Raypath  bending.  a)   to  anticline   Rays  refract   the  anticline,  because  V,  is   of  the  portion  interface  directly  below  the   2).  to  point   shows   horizontal   the   to  velocity  pullup.   accurately  remove   be  misinterpreted.   profiles  with   and   81   was   in   run   verti-   the   struc-   the   of  the   edge   synthetic  seismic   interpretations   Fig.   6.22d

          Reflection   added  interface   (Fig.  6.8).  b)   crossing  when   is  thus  imaged  over  a  broader   1]   point   time  section   addition   may  not  taypath  bending  effects,  leaving  artifacts   might   that  (For  this  same  model,  see   Fig.  5.14).   Lines   side.   dome   the   profile   represents   above   the  misses   recognized.   Fig.   while



          Seismic   6.18  FIGURE   horizontal   the  vertical   top  of  the   greater  than  V,. The   horizontal   anticline   region  (from   c)  Unmigrated  overlap  in  events  from   interface,  in   Migration   (distortion)   seismic  traces  in   ;   the   from   seismic   a   108   line   distance   angle.  The   erroneous   not   is   profile,

          Of     model   on       d)                                                            off  to   illustrates   bold   some   dome,  just   oblique   potentially   problem   that
          Interpretation   yideq       yideq             auf  [OABLL   ‘    OUI]  JOACLL        slightly  dome   section;  sideswipe   6.22a)   escarpment.  The   surface,   the   right  of  the   an   at   and   the   of   of

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          And                   2                    2   Velocity   MK,   SA   sermon           reflected   on  deeper   model   fault   a   and   profile   crosses   fault   the   how   three-dimensional   two-dimensional
          Structural      eos       V3           Section            Bending      Section      orm  ie   cinneanisitiaineaaen  cette mesial      Be      were   even   distances.   complicated   domes   seismic   line   the   crosses   shows


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                       '                         Time     een   ecm pment              May      waves   event   horizontal   more   two   that   the   standard,
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