Patent ID: 7796467

Claim:
A method for predicting a plurality of surface multiples for a plurality of target traces in a record of seismic data, comprising: computing, using a computer, at least one of a desired shot-side midpoint, offset and azimuth, and at least one of a desired receiver-side midpoint, offset and azimuth based on a selected target trace and a selected potential downward reflection point, wherein the desired shot-side midpoint, offset and azimuth define a desired shot-side trace and the desired receiver-side midpoint, offset and azimuth define a desired receiver-side trace; creating a file containing information regarding a plurality of pairs of recorded traces, wherein each pair of recorded traces is substantially closest to the desired shot-side trace and the desired receiver-side trace; convolving the pairs of recorded traces to generate a plurality of convolutions; and stacking the convolutions for each target trace.