On marine seismic reflection data processing

This paper discusses data processing methods on digitized marine seismic data supplied by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The histogram of the amplitude probability density function, correlation function and the fast Fourier transform study of the amplitude and power spectra of the data as well as the data combining methods are considered. For the WHOI data, the signal power from every seismic return at the output of a narrow digital low-pass filter (0-3 Hz) is determined. The signal power is also computed for every ten samples of the combined data. Based on these results, an interpretation of the geological structure of the ocean bottom is made.