Co-op, Minors, Certificates and Engineering Concurrent Programs for Students - Introduction to Seismic Imaging
ERTH 4470 Introduction to Seismic Imaging
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course teaches the basic techniques of the reflection seismic method for imaging of earth structures such as those used in hydrocarbon exploration. Lectures introduce concepts and techniques that are applied in computer lab to the processing of a multi-channel seismic dataset. Concepts covered include: source and receiver geometry, digital filtering, deconvolution, velocity analysis, stacking, and migration.
FORMAT:
PREREQUISITES:
ERTH 2270.03 or permission of instructor
CROSS-LISTING:
ERTH 5470.03,
OCEA 4470.03, PHYC 4470.03, PHYC 5470.03