
%0 Journal Article
%A Luo, Mu 
%A Takanashi, Mamoru 
%T A wave propagation based method for improved seismic fracture prediction
%J ASEG Extended Abstracts
%D 2007/03/01
%V 2007
%N 1
%P 1-3
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2007AB080
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ASEG2007AB080 
%X A wave propagation based method was investigated to improve the quality of seismic P-wave fracture prediction. The improvement is achieved through reducing the overburden influence superimposed onto a target layer. Rather than relying on evaluations of layer?s properties across an interface, our method predicts fractures using two ``fracture functions' estimated from the top and bottom reflections of a target layer. The two functions are firstly served as a measure of overburden influence, and then incorporated in inversion to minimize the overburden effect that results in improved fracture prediction for a target layer. Tests on physical model data suggest the viability of the method that operates on pre-stack data, and is applicable to a wide range of seismic surveys including 2D, 3D and VSP. 
