TY - CONF N2 - Small scale geologic discontinuities are not easy to detect and image in the seismic data, as these features represent themselves as diffracted waves which are different from reflected waves. Using two different data examples, one simple model and one complex model, we illustrate the accuracy of separating diffraction by Plane-wave destruction (PWD) and Dip frequency filtering (DFF) on synthetic data set. In plane-wave destruction, our criteria is to calculate the smoothness and continuity of local events slopes that correspond to a reflection event, and the dip frequency filtering criteria is mainly dependent on the frequency wave number (f-k) of the seismic data. Our example models demonstrate the effectiveness of diffraction separation and possible imaging for high-resolution imaging of minor but significant geologic features. © 2017 SEG. ID - scholars8447 EP - 1043 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85042363166&doi=10.1190%2fsegam2017-17634363.1&partnerID=40&md5=2e20f5439f5af0ed3b62f94f13299516 KW - Geophysical prospecting; Seismic response; Seismic waves KW - Complex model; Data examples; Diffracted waves; Frequency filtering; Plane wave destructions; Reflected waves; Seismic datas; Seismic diffractions; Simple modeling; Small scale KW - Diffraction SN - 10523812 PB - Society of Exploration Geophysicists SP - 1038 A1 - Bashir, Y. A1 - Ghosh, D. A1 - Sum, C.W. AV - none N1 - cited By 8; Conference of Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 87th Annual Meeting, SEG 2017 ; Conference Date: 24 September 2017 Through 29 September 2017; Conference Code:175270 TI - Preservation of Seismic Diffraction to Enhance the Resolution of Seismic Data Y1 - 2017/// ER -