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Walkaway Vertical Seismic Profiling (Wvsp) Modeling And Imaging Study Along Faultedcoal Seams Over A High Velocity Limestone Model: A Synthetic Study, Cemal Erdemi̇r

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The problem of collecting reflection data from the layers below a high velocity layer (HVL) and imaging those layers accurately is solved using walkaway vertical seismic profiling (WVSP) technique. The procedure is shown on a dataset from a model of highly faulted, thin-bedded coal layers separated by a high velocity layer of limestone. By locating the receivers above, in, and below the HVL, the reflections are expected to be recorded locally in situ in the borehole below the HVL before they travel back to the surface as in the case of surface seismic. The imaging results obtained from the model …