
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Luo, Mu 
A1  - Takanashi, Mamoru 
T1  - A wave propagation based method for improved seismic fracture prediction
JF  - ASEG Extended Abstracts
JO  - ASEG Extended Abstracts
Y1  - 2007
VL  - 2007
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 3
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2007AB080 
N2  - 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. 
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