Wepresentanexampleofusingconverted-wavesforcharacterizingonshoregasreservoirsintheOrdosbasininNorthwestChina.TheOrdosbasinisthelargestgasprovinceinChina.Themaingasreservoirs(about3300mindepth)areinupperPaleozoicsandstonethathasloworreversedP-waveimpedanceandisimmediatelyaboveacoalseam.ThismakesitverydifficulttoimagethegasreservoirsusingconventionalP-wavedata.Analysisofcore,logandVSPdatashowsaweakPPreflectionbutarelativelystrongPS-convertedwavereflection,orbothstrongPP-andPS-reflectionsbutwithoppositepolarityfromthegasbearingsands,whichindicatesthepotentialofusingPS-wavestoimagethegasreservoirsintheOrdosbasin.Subsequently,thirteenseismiclineswereacquired,processedandinterpretedtoverifythePP-andPS-responses,andtwocorrespondingattributes(PP-andPS-amplituderatioandpolarityratio)areusedtomapthereser-voirsthroughjointPPandPSanalysis.
