Higher order statistics applied to wavelet identification of marine seismic signals

The purpose of this paper is to present the use of higher order statistics to solve the blind identification problem of reflection seismic data. We develop and compare some non-parametric and parametric methods based on higher order statistics. To compare these methods, non-minimum phase wavelet and non-gaussian reflectivity function are simulated. They are then applied to real data of high resolution marine seismic reflection.