Zooming in on higher frequencies: A new seismic imaging method pushes resolution boundaries even further

摘要

From humble beginnings come great ideas, sometimes. Take expandable casing, for instance. Rumor Has it that two Shell scientists were playing with the expandable sleeves that keep wine bottles from clinking together when they had their Eureka moment. And sometimes, a technology that has been developed for one application suddenly finds a much larger audience once someone says, "If it can do that, can it also do this?"