Gaussian
beam migration is an accurate, flexible and efficient depth migration method.
It not only has the imaging accuracy approaching that of wave equation
migration, but also retains many advantages of Kirchhoff migration, such as
flexibility, efficiency and adaptability to complex topography. In this paper, we
propose a Gaussian beam migration method which can easily accommodate complex
topography and relatively preserve amplitude. By taking account of elevations, dip
angles and actual trace intervals of topography, we derived an inverse
wavefield extrapolation formula in terms of Gaussian beams, then combined it
with deconvolution imaging conditions to obtain an amplitude-preserved shot
domain Gaussian beam migration formula.