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Thisarticleaimstobeanindeptharticleaboutbuildingaworkflowsuitedfor
proper use of the Common Reflection Surface. This resource is aimed at a
specialistaudience,howevermaybethisisarareinsightintotheintricacies
ofseismicprocessingforsomeofourreaders.

TheprocessingpackageforCRSisoftenregardedasaBlackbox.Youadjustsomeparameters,runthecodeand
waitandhopeforthebest.Inmyexperiencethisisdifferentanddependsontheimplementationofthecode.I
haveworkedwithcodethatoverdiditwiththeusersuppliedinput,howeverthisalsoenablesmenowtotalkabout
allthedifferentoptionsthatinfluencetheCRSworkflow.

WhatdoestheCommonReflectionSurfacedo?
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Generallyspeaking,CRSsearchesforwavefieldattributesinthedatatoperformanadvancedstack,improving
upontheSignaltoNoiseRatioandexploitingconceptssuchastheFresnelzone.Inthehyperboliccase,itworks
justlikeanextensionoftheCommonMidpointstack.
Inconsequenceitsasearchtoolthatsubsequentlyusesthesearchresultforastack.
AnyprocessesbasedonCRSsuchasCRSinterpolationusethesesearchresultsinarelatedbutdifferentway.

HowtoCommonReflectionSurface
Thevelocityreference
Startingout,inmyexperience,CRSwillalwaysperformbetter,onceasufficientlygoodvelocitymodelissupplied.
WhileCRSiscapableofperformingavelocitysearchonitsown,themodelsobtainedthroughstandardprocessing
techniquesfromexperiencedprocessorsoutperformtheCRSsearchandeliminateonesourceofuncertainty.
Manyimplementationshaveadistinctreferencevelocitymodeloption.Howeversometimesonehastotrickthe
codeintotakingasuppliedmodel.Thisisusuallydoneinthefollowingway:
ThevelocitymodelfromCRSiswrittentothedisk,toprovidetheevaluatedmodel.Thenextmodulereadsthe
datafromdiskandprocessesin.Byassessingthenamingconventionofthealgorithm,wecandeactivatethe
searchmoduleandprovidethevelocityfiletosubsequentprocesses.Youcandecideyourselfifitsahackora
feature,neverthelessitworks.

TheApertures
TheaperturesforCRShavebeenasourceoflegendandmysticism.Andtheyreprobablythereasonmostpeople
strugglewithCRS.Thereisbarelyanymaterialonaperturesandsomeerevenplainwrong.
Letmeuseananalogy.KirchhoffmigrationaperturesareintheorycloselytiedtotheFresnelzone.Inreality,it
takesworkandexperiencetofindtherightapertures.SameistrueforCRS,intheorytheFresnelzoneisthesweet
spotfortheapertures.Inrealityyouhavetotradeoff.Assmallasnecessary,toretaingeologicallycomplex
featuresandaslargeaspossibletogettheimprovementwhilestacking.
Additionally,wehavetoconsiderthattheCRSsearchisanoptimizationproblem,sochoosinglargeaperturesmay
narrowthemaximatoomuch,thealgorithmwillmissthemaximumandprovidealessthanoptimalsolution.
Myapproachisthefollowing:
Searchwithlargeraperturestogetstablewavefieldparametersections.Stackwithsmallaperturestoretainmore
details.MyMasterthesiscontainsthesetestsaswell.

Emergenceangles
Someolderversionsofthecodedefaulttheemergenceangleto60degrees.Thisisunacceptableformodern
processing.Thefull90the90degreesinreasonablesteps,nothingless.

Pickanappropriatesurfacevelocity
YoumaythinkImallaboutvelocitiestoday,butthisisincrediblyimportant.Therightsurfacevelocityiscrucialif
youwanttoutilizethewavefieldattributesfromthedata.Ifyoujustwantastackisuseinterpolation,thisisntas
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important,asthestackwillmostlikelystillbestable.Butfortheparametersectionsyouneedtherightsurface
velocity.
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Incaseoflanddatathiscanbeespeciallytrickyandyou
shouldconsidertoconsultsomeonethathasdonethe
worktodevelopLandCRS.

SkiptheOptimization
Untiltheverylaststack,youwillprobablybefinewithout
anoptimization.Itistimeconsumingandinthecaseofa
simplexoptimizationmaynotbeavastimprovementafter
all.

BuildaCRSworkflow

Ihopethismaygetyoustarted.Incaseofanyquestions,
leavetheminthecomments!

WhatdoIdowiththeCommonReflectionSurface?
TherearemanyusesfortheCommonReflectionSurface.Thealgorithmextractsthecurvatureofthedataandcan
beusedtoseparatediffractionsfromreflections.Additionally,theemergenceangleisextracted.
ThepartialCommonReflectionSurfacecanbeusedtointerpolateandregularizedata.Especially,whenusingthe
velocityreference,themodulehasbeenshowntoworkverywell.

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