3D Fullwave Modelling for On-shore Acquisition Feasibility

3D elastic modelling was performed to compare two acquisition designs . Blind full processing sequence was applied to ensure unbiased conclusions and final quality. Final quality on stack sections are similar in quality for both flat and highly structured sub-surface. some major advantages of carpet recording shall be mentioned: computation cost savings for feasibility studies, the use of a coherent geophysical unit (one shot point), compared to a cross spread (an aggregate of several different shots) may lead to easier preprocessing sequence, shot points can be migrated independently, and working with shot points allow thus real time imaging, impossible with cross spread design.