Universität Wien

280392 VO MA PE 06 Seismic Exploration (NPI) (2016S)

Room: 2D502a
Time: Thursday 9:30 - 11:00
(valid for the first half of the semester - lectures; the second half of the semester = exercise: to be announced)

Details

max. 15 participants
Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes

Since the lecture has 1*45 minutes per week and the exercise also has 1*45 minutes per week, we do blocks od 2*45 minutes of lectures at the beginning of the semestr (first half) and then we do blocks of 2*45 minutes of exercise in the second half of the semester.


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The goal of the course is to introduce the basic ideas of exploration seismology, mainly the reflection method. The students will learn about the differences between the basic research seismology and applied techniques for exploration. Theoretical ideas will be followed by practical examples and recepies how to process the data. The lecture will be also complemented by the excersise based mainly on using Seismic Unix package.

Assessment and permitted materials

Oral examination, no materials permitted.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

General understanding of various methods and techniques for exploration seismic data acquisition and processing. Students need to answer at least 50% of the questions (4 - 6 questions) correctly to pass the exam.

Examination topics

seismic equipment (especialy differences to basic research seismology)
ray propagation in layered media: reflection / refraction
reflection / refraction techniques of exploration (assumptions, differences, equipment)
common shot gather
common receiver gather
common midpoint gather + zero offset section
data preprocessing techniques (deconvolution, filtering, ...)
normal moveout correction
migration

Reading list

Sheriff, R.E., Geldart, L.P., 2006: Seismic exploration, Cambridge University Press, pp 592.
Telford, W.M., Geldart, L.P. and Sheriff, R.E., 1990/2010: Applied Geophysics, Cambridge University Press, pp 770.
Forel, D., Benz, T. and Pennington, W. D., 2005/2008: Seismic data processing with Seismic Un*x - a 2D seismic data processing primer, Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

Association in the course directory

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