Application of Signal Based Ray Tracing Imagery in 2-D Complex Medium

P047 APPLICATION OF SIGNAL BASED RAY TRACING IMAGERY IN 2-D COMPLEX MEDIUM Abstract 1 In a medium of strong tectonic complexity we apply the Signal Based Ray Tracing method [Cristini & de Bazelaire 2002] to forward model wave field trajectory and reflector illumination below a shale dome in an offshore environment. We then used a 2D finite difference modeling algorithm which modeled the complete wave field as a base of comparison. Not only does the SBRT method computes all the wave field trajectories at a lower computational cost compared with a classical ray tracing algorithms and the FD algorithm but