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Seismic Wave and Ray Theory *
	Instructor	Tuition
	Dr. Jerry Schuster University of Houston	$2000 *dual, two-week course

Course description

Fundamental concepts and foundations of wave and ray theory necessary for seismic processing, imaging, AVO analysis and structural interpretation.
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Course outline

• Elasticity theory, the wave equation, body waves.
• Partitioning at an interface, reflection at non normal incidence (AVO), reflection geometry and wave path curvature.
• Surface waves, scattering theory, attenuation and velocity, diffraction.
• Head waves, events and noise, resolution, wavelet shape, near surface properties.
• S-waves and C-waves.
• Anisotropy.
• Wave and ray theory concepts in processing, migration and imaging.