Estimation of seawater movement based on reflectors from a seismic profile

• DOI: 10.1007/s13131-012-0235-7
• Publication Date: 2012-10-11T12:04:31Z
• Authors: Xinghui Huang; Haibin Song; Yang Bai; Jiangxin Chen; Boran Liu
• Keywords: Reflection; Physical oceanography

Seismic oceanography is a new cross-discipline of reflection seismology and physical oceanography. The biggest difference between seismic oceanography and traditional reflection seismology is its research object of time-varied seawater. How to estimate the temporal variations of reflectors in water structure and make some corrections in seismic data are basic problems in seismic oceanography research. Here a method of estimation for seawater movement is provided based on the reflectors. The application results of this method to the simulated and field seismic data turn out to be acceptable. As compared with the previous research, this method has the advantages of low-dependence on migration velocity and dip of reflectors, and it is very suitable for correction in a spectral analysis using seismic data, which is very useful in the research of ocean energy budget.