GeoThrust Description
GeoThrust was designed with a workflow architecture in mind to produce an accurate earth model and image in time and depth from data that has been collected with irregular geometry in areas of complex topography, complex near surface, and complex subsurface. It is easy to learn and simple to use, with high technical specifications for data analysis. Nonlinear tomography is used to estimate the near-surface model. This accounts for topography and reduces vertical and lateral velocity variations. Wavefield dating is used to correct the near-surface model. This is essential for imaging from irregular topography. GeoThrust does subsurface velocity modeling, imaging, and estimation from topography. It is not based on a flat datum. Instead, it uses rms and interval speeds that are calculated at reflector positions and not at reflection positions.