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Updated translation that connects the literature and routine activities of geophysicists. It shows how practical problems have links to seismic data analysis theory. Phase and amplitude distortions to the seismic signal, the physical processes that it undergoes, and the interpretation methods to recover rock physics properties are explained.

A thorough description of how to process microseismic data and the underlying theory, of what can and cannot be inferred, and to what level of certainty, the discussion follows the passage of a seismic wave - from a source triggered by hydraulic stimulation, through hydrocarbon-bearing formations, towards motion sensors.

A general reference for poststack seismic attributes it includes: theory, meaning, computation, and application; attribute maps and interval statistics; complex trace attributes; 3D attributes; seismic discontinuity attributes; spectral decomposition, thin-bed analysis, and waveform classification; poststack methods; and multiattribute analysis.

Presents an analysis of seismic signatures for azimuthally anisotropic media and shows anisotropic inversion/processing methods for wide-azimuth reflection data and VSP surveys. The focus is kinematic parameter-estimation techniques; the prestack amplitudes section includes AVO and attenuation coefficients; field examples are included.

This edition reflects evolution of the science, especially in engineering and production problems, 3D (including multicomponent) acquisition and processing, visualization, S- and converted waves, interpretation, anisotropy, AVO, geostatistics, geohazards, neural networks, tomography, downhole measurements, horizontal drilling, and deepwater work.