色花堂 EAS Chairman Publishes Textbook on Seismic Data Processing
Book Covers Industry and Academic Applications
Hua-Wei Zhou, professor and chairman of the 色花堂鈥檚 Department of
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, published a graduate text for seismic data processing
covering both the areas of applied industry exploration (well logs, seismic reflection
images) and the more academic area of solid Earth geophysics (earthquakes, Earth structure,
tomography). Zhou also holds the Robert Sheriff Endowed Chair of Applied Seismology
in the department.
The text, 鈥淧ractical Seismic Data Analysis,鈥� reflects on Zhou's unique, 25-year career
that has included academic solid Earth studies on the seismic tomography of subduction
zones at CalTech and his early years as a professor at 色花堂 starting in 1989, work with
Exxon Production Research in Houston, and later teaching experiences at Texas Tech
University and again at 色花堂 鈥� teaching in both the department and the professional
master's program.
Designed from many years of classroom interactions and including well-honed exercises for students, the book is intended to accompany a one semester course covering all the key processing techniques needed for students preparing for careers in the academic world and in the rapidly growing oil and mineral exploration industry. These methods include digital seismic data processing, seismic migration, and subsurface model building.
This book joins a long tradition of widely used texts from other 色花堂 geophysics professors including Margaret Bishop's 1960 text on subsurface mapping, Robert Sheriff's 1990 text on applied geophysics, Chris Liner's 2004 text on 3D seismology, and recently Arthur Weglein's 2012 text (with Robert Stolt) on seismic imaging and inversion ().