Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Environment and Engineering Geophysics & Summit Forum of Chinese Academy of Engineering on Engineering Science and Technology

Reverse time migration from rugged topography to image ground-penetrating radar data in complex environments sounding.

Authors
John H. Bradford, Richard Ford, Janna Rozar, David David Wilkins
Corresponding Author
John H. Bradford
Available Online June 2016.
DOI
10.2991/iceeg-16.2016.32How to use a DOI?
Keywords
reverse time migration, GRP, RTM, complex environments
Abstract

In GPR imaging, it is common for the depth of investigation to be on the same order as the variability in surface topography. In such cases, migration fails when it is carried out from a datum after application of elevation statics. We introduce a reverse-time migration algorithm where the wavefield extrapolation is computed directly from the acquisition surface without the need for datuming. In a synthetic and field example the algorithm shows significant improvement over a processing sequence where migration is performed after elevation statics.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Environment and Engineering Geophysics & Summit Forum of Chinese Academy of Engineering on Engineering Science and Technology
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
June 2016
ISBN
978-94-6252-192-6
ISSN
2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/iceeg-16.2016.32How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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