Deconvolution of Geophysical Time Series in the Exploration for Oil and Natural Gas

Editor / Author : Manuel T. Silvia and Enders A. Robinson
 
Publisher : Elsevier Science (January 1, 1979)

ISBN : 978-0444416797

Number of Pages :  264
 
File Type : PDF

The closer you look at something, the more details you will see. This common experience is hardly better exemplified than by seismic exploration of the earth’s interior, in particular of its complicated near-surface structure. The seismic waves that leave a wave source, e.g. an explosion, experience lots of influences on their way to the receiver. At the same time as all such effects tend to complicate the records, they also convey the required information on the passed strata. But to disentangle all these various effects, we badly need methods which are capable not only of efficient earth-detective work, but which can also work at high speed -considering the large amount of data generally accumulated in seismic prospecting. The present book by two of the most capable earth detectives deals with these problems, and it is more exciting than any detective story. 

But this is not only a game for its own purpose. In order to run and to develop a modern community, in short, for its survival, mankind is nowadays hunting for energy more than ever. Oil and natural gas still constitute some of the most important energy sources. Therefore, we need skilled geophysicists, who are able to extract as much and as accurate information as possible from the records. This is especially important now when we have to explore new areas and can no longer be content with areas where “oil flows like water”. We have to search more intensively and to greater depths in the earth. Without efficient methods as developed in this book, there is hardly any chance for success in this hunting for energy.

The book has both theoretical and practical sides, and it can be equally recommended t o the university scientist who performs his geophysical work at his desk, in the laboratory or in the lecture room and to the practicing geophysicist who must know how to best perform his seismic prospecting and how to interpret the “text” that Earth writes for him. 

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