Method of and apparatus for processing seismic data in the presence of anisotropy

Abstract

A method of and apparatus for processing seismic data. A method of processing seismic data comprising the steps acquiring seismic data in at least two shots that have different source-receiver azimuths from one another, and selecting events arising from interface seismic waves in each shot. The interface wave events are processed to provide information about azimuthal dependence of the velocity of seismic energy in the near-surface of the earth's interior. The invention may be used to process events arising from Scholte waves in marine seismic data, or to processing events arising from Love waves or Rayleigh waves in land seismic data. The method may be applied to seismic data acquired specifically to provide information about the near-surface or to seismic data acquired to provide information about the underlying geological structure.

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