About this Research Topic
The goal of this Research Topic is to tackle the frontier research and application issues for deep and ultra-deep oil/gas exploration using seismic techniques, toward a better understanding of deep and ultra-deep petroleum systems and balanced development of natural resources. To this end, we welcome manuscripts addressing all aspects of seismic methods for deep and ultra-deep hydrocarbon exploration, including novel preprocessing techniques to enhance the seismic data signal-to-noise ratio, robust velocity building methods using tomography and full-waveform inversion, seismic diffraction separation and imaging, advanced ray-based and wave-equation-based migration methodologies and case studies, practical least-squares migration strategies, as well as new understandings of the source types, and accumulation and preservation mechanisms for deep and ultra-deep petroleum system.
A variety of types of manuscripts will be considered: Original Research, Methods, Review, Technology and Code, and Perspective. The topics mainly include but are not limited to the following aspects:
1) Advanced seismic preprocessing techniques for signal-to-noise ratio enhancement
2) Robust velocity building techniques using travel-time tomography
3) Novel full-wave inversion methods for deep & ultra-deep reservoirs
4) Seismic diffraction separation and imaging methods
5) Advanced ray-based seismic migration methods
6) Practical least-squares migration methods for deep and ultra-deep reservoirs
7) Seismic imaging techniques in attenuation and anisotropic media
8) Hydrocarbon source and accumulation mechanisms for deep and ultra-deep petroleum system
Keywords: hydrocarbon reservoirs, seismic preprocessing techniques, Robust velocity building techniques, full-wave inversion, Seismic diffraction separation, accumulation mechanisms, ultra-deep petroleum system
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