Research Reports 2009
Alshuhail, A. A., Lawton, D. C., and Isaac, J. H., 2009, Acoustic impedance inversion of vintage seismic data over a proposed CO2 sequestration site in the Lake Wabamun Area, Alberta: CREWES Research Report, 21, 1, 20.
Bancroft, J. C., 2009, Choosing between the two Apollonius solutions when locating a microseismic event: CREWES Research Report, 21, 2, 7.
Bancroft, J. C., 2009, Comments on diffraction modelling: CREWES Research Report, 21, 3, 16.
Bancroft, J. C., 2009, Estimating an accurate RMS velocity for locating a microseismic event: CREWES Research Report, 21, 5, 4.
Bancroft, J. C., 2009, Estimating the location of a microseismic event when using a vertical array of receivers: CREWES Research Report, 21, 6, 10.
Bancroft, J. C., Wong, J., and Han, L., 2009, Sensitivity measurements for locating microseismic events: CREWES Research Report, 21, 7, 15.
Bertram, M. B., Hall, K. W., Margrave, G. F., Lawton, D. C., Wong, J., and Gallant, E. V., 2009, Seismic acquisition projects 2009: CREWES Research Report, 21, 8, 20.
Bonham, K., and Ferguson, R. J., 2009, Seismic data modelling using parallel distributed MATLAB: CREWES Research Report, 21, 9, 10.
Bubshait, S. K., and Lawton, D. C., 2009, VSP processing for coal reflections: CREWES Research Report, 21, 10, 21.
Cheng, P., and Margrave, G. F., 2009, Q analysis using synthetic viscoacoustic seismic data: CREWES Research Report, 21, 12, 11.
Cheng, P., and Margrave, G. F., 2009, The influence of reflectivity color on Gabor deconvolution: CREWES Research Report, 21, 11, 8.
Cooper, J. K., Margrave, G. F., and Lawton, D. C., 2009, Delta weights for footprint suppression in 3D prestack migration: CREWES Research Report, 21, 13, 19.
Daley, P. F., 2009, Anelastic media: wave propagation near vertical incidence: CREWES Research Report, 21, 14, 12.
Daley, P. F., 2009, P and S velocity approximations in a poroviscoelastic medium: CREWES Research Report, 21, 15, 10.
Daley, P. F., and Krebes, E. S., 2009, Reflected PP arrival in anelastic media: CREWES Research Report, 21, 16, 16.
Eaton, D. W. S., Pidlisecky, A., Ferguson, R. J., and Hall, K. W., 2009, Absolute strain determination from a calibrated seismic field experiment: CREWES Research Report, 21, 17, 10.
Ferguson, R. J., 2009, Antialiasing and wave equation statics by series approximation and inversion: CREWES Research Report, 21, 18, 26.
Ferguson, R. J., 2009, Geophone rotation analysis by polarity inversion: CREWES Research Report, 21, 20, 12.
Ferguson, R. J., Margrave, G. F., and Hall, K. W., 2009, Gabor domain analysis of Q in the nearsurface: CREWES Research Report, 21, 19, 21.
Forouhideh, F., and Eaton, D. W. S., 2009, Microseismic monitoring: Insights from moment tensor inversion: CREWES Research Report, 21, 21, 19.
Guevara, S. E., and Margrave, G. F., 2009, Converted wave prestack migration in the presence of topography: synthetic cases: CREWES Research Report, 21, 22, 6.
Gulati, A., and Ferguson, R. J., 2009, NFFT: Algorithm for irregular sampling: CREWES Research Report, 21, 23, 19.
Haase, A. B., 2009, Q-estimation from uncorrelated Vibroseis VSP model data: CREWES Research Report, 21, 24, 10.
Haase, A. B., 2009, Sommerfeld integral based spherical wave field computation applied to multi-interface VSP models for stratigraphic Q investigations: CREWES Research Report, 21, 26, 8.
Haase, A. B., and Henley, D. C., 2009, Residual converted wave statics: CREWES Research Report, 21, 25, 9.
Hall, K. W., Margrave, G. F., and Bertram, M. B., 2009, Comparison of low-frequency data from co-located receivers using frequency dependent least-squares-subtraction scalars: CREWES Research Report, 21, 27, 10.
Hammad, H. I., and Margrave, G. F., 2009, Waveform tomography for areas of complex near surface: CREWES Research Report, 21, 28, 10.
Han, L., Wong, J., and Bancroft, J. C., 2009, Hypocenter location using hodogram analysis of noisy 3C microseismograms: CREWES Research Report, 21, 29, 14.
Han, L., Wong, J., and Bancroft, J. C., 2009, Time picking and random noise reduction on microseismic data: CREWES Research Report, 21, 30, 13.
Henley, D. C., 2009, Intelligent design: the diagnostic mode of Gabor deconvolution: CREWES Research Report, 21, 33, 22.
Henley, D. C., 2009, Priddis pulse/probe experiment: still ambiguous: CREWES Research Report, 21, 34, 10.
Henley, D. C., 2009, Radial filtering on steroids: the latest algorithm: CREWES Research Report, 21, 35, 18.
Henley, D. C., 2009, Smoke and Mirrors: demonstrating interferometry on synthetic converted wave data: CREWES Research Report, 21, 37, 24.
Henley, D. C., 2009, Timath and frmath: experimental trace ensemble modules for ProMAX: CREWES Research Report, 21, 38, 14.
Henley, D. C., and Daley, P. F., 2009, Hybrid interferometry: surface corrections for converted waves: CREWES Research Report, 21, 32, 18.
Henley, D. C., Hall, K. W., Bertram, M. B., Gallant, E. V., Lu, H., and Maier, R., 2009, Shaken, not stirred: Priddis 2009 3C-2D hi-res acquisition: CREWES Research Report, 21, 36, 11.
Henley, D. C., and Lu, H., 2009, Hunting reflections in Papua New Guinea: early processing results: CREWES Research Report, 21, 31, 14.
Hogan, C. M., and Margrave, G. F., 2009, An interactive velocity modelling tool in MATLAB: CREWES Research Report, 21, 39, 8.
Innanen, K. A., 2009, Deriving the eikonal approximation: a scattering diagram tutorial: CREWES Research Report, 21, 40, 8.
Innanen, K. A., 2009, Inverting absorptive reflections: an inverse series tutorial: CREWES Research Report, 21, 41, 13.
Isaac, J. H., and Lawton, D. C., 2009, AVO analysis of carbonates: CREWES Research Report, 21, 42, 11.
Jiang, Z., Bancroft, J. C., and Lines, L. R., 2009, Combining absorbing and nonreflecting boundary conditions for elastic wave simulation: CREWES Research Report, 21, 43, 6.
Jiang, Z., Bancroft, J. C., and Lines, L. R., 2009, Elastic prestack reverse-time migration using a staggered-grid finite-difference method: CREWES Research Report, 21, 44, 18.
Jiang, Z., Bancroft, J. C., and Lines, L. R., 2009, Using a three-point difference approximation to improve absorbing boundary conditions for elastic wave modelling: CREWES Research Report, 21, 46, 4.
Jiang, Z., Bonham, K., Bancroft, J. C., and Lines, L. R., 2009, Overcoming computational cost problems of reverse-time migration: CREWES Research Report, 21, 45, 9.
Lamoureux, M. P., and Margrave, G. F., 2009, Enforcing minimum phase on nonstationary filters: CREWES Research Report, 21, 47, 11.
Lamoureux, M. P., Margrave, G. F., and Gibson, P. C., 2009, Generalized frames for Gabor operators in imaging: CREWES Research Report, 21, 48, 10.
Lawton, D. C., Gagliardi, P. G., Bertram, M. B., Lu, H., Hall, K. W., Cooper, J. K., Gallant, E. V., and Bertram, K. L., 2009, Multicomponent seismic survey at Spring Coulee: a data repeatability study: CREWES Research Report, 21, 49, 15.
Lines, L. R., and Daley, P. F., 2009, The accuracy of dipole sonic logs with implications for synthetic seismograms and wavelet estimation: CREWES Research Report, 21, 50, 14.
Lloyd, H. J. E., and Margrave, G. F., 2009, Modelling from well logs with CREWES tools: CREWES Research Report, 21, 51, 9.
Lu, H., and Maier, R., 2009, Revisiting the Blackfoot 3C-2D broad-band seismic data: CREWES Research Report, 21, 52, 9.
Mahmoudian, F., and Margrave, G. F., 2009, A review of angle domain common image gathers: CREWES Research Report, 21, 53, 22.
Mahmoudian, F., and Margrave, G. F., 2009, Numerical modeling of a fractured medium: CREWES Research Report, 21, 54, 12.
Mahmoudian, F., Margrave, G. F., and Daley, P. F., 2009, Taking steps toward generating angle-domain common-image gathers: CREWES Research Report, 21, 55, 5.
Maier, R., Hall, K. W., and Lu, H., 2009, The CREWES data library: CREWES Research Report, 21, 56, 3.
Manning, P. M., 2009, Finite-difference staggered-grid modelling in 3 dimensions: CREWES Research Report, 21, 57, 10.
Margrave, G. F., and Lamoureux, M. P., 2009, Nonstationary predictive deconvolution: CREWES Research Report, 21, 58, 23.
Milicevic, V., and Ferguson, R. J., 2009, Numerical fluid flow modelling and its seismic response in time-lapse: CREWES Research Report, 21, 59, 13.
Montaña, C. A., 2009, True surface processing of Spring Coulee: CREWES Research Report, 21, 60, 8.
Ostridge, L. A., Lawton, D. C., and Stewart, R. R., 2009, Spring Coulee seismic interpretation: CREWES Research Report, 21, 61, 14.
Qiao, B., and Bancroft, J. C., 2009, Choosing reference velocities for PSPI migration: CREWES Research Report, 21, 62, 8.
Qiao, B., and Bancroft, J. C., 2009, Error distribution when using first-break arrival times to locate microseismic events: CREWES Research Report, 21, 63, 5.
Russell, B. H., Feng, H., and Bancroft, J. C., 2009, An empirical study of hydrocarbon indicators: CREWES Research Report, 21, 64, 14.
Sharma, R. K., and Ferguson, R. J., 2009, Reflection and transmission coefficients for SH wave in plane wave domain: CREWES Research Report, 21, 66, 23.
Sharma, R. K., and Margrave, G. F., 2009, Numerical estimation of angle of incidence with Bleistein approach: CREWES Research Report, 21, 65, 17.
Sodagar, T. M., and Lawton, D. C., 2009, Seismic modeling of fluid substitution in Redwater Reef, Alberta: CREWES Research Report, 21, 67, 20.
Stewart, R. R., 2009, A brief history and extended future of full-wave seismic exploration: CREWES Research Report, 21, 68, 8.
Stewart, R. R., Khan, S., Wong, J., Hall, S., and Liner, C., 2009, Geophysics field education: Better learning by doing: CREWES Research Report, 21, 69, 3.
Todorov, T. I., and Margrave, G. F., 2009, Variable factor S-transform seismic data analysis: CREWES Research Report, 21, 70, 23.
Wards, B. D., Margrave, G. F., and Lamoureux, M. P., 2009, Split-step two-way phase-shift time stepping for wavefield propagation: CREWES Research Report, 21, 71, 20.
Wilson, M. R., and Ferguson, R. J., 2009, Trace interpolation and elevation statics by conjugate gradients: CREWES Research Report, 21, 72, 14.
Wong, J., 2009, Microseismic hypocenter location using nonlinear optimization: CREWES Research Report, 21, 73, 14.
Wong, J., Maier, R., Gallant, E. V., and Lawton, D. C., 2009, Physical modeling of a 3D marine seismic survey: CREWES Research Report, 21, 74, 10.
Yousefzadeh, A., and Bancroft, J. C., 2009, Feasibility of solving least squares prestack Kirchhoff migration using multigrid methods: CREWES Research Report, 21, 75, 26.
Zhang, D., Lamoureux, M. P., and Margrave, G. F., 2009, Estimation of Q and phase velocity using the stress-strain relaxation spectrum: CREWES Research Report, 21, 76, 14.
Zhang, Z., Lawton, D. C., and Stewart, R. R., 2009, Numerical modeling of shear-wave splitting and azimuthal velocity analysis in fractured media: CREWES Research Report, 21, 77, 27.