Vaclav Bucha

June 16, 1962

Degrees:

• Graduated from Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, 1985, in Geophysics (degree corresponding to MSc),
  diploma thesis: Seismodynamic characteristics of the Kladno-Rakovnik basin
• RNDr degree, Charles University, Prague, 1987, in Geophysics
• PhD degree, Czech Academy of Sciences, 1993,
  PhD thesis: Discrimination between earthquakes and explosion sources in North Western Bohemia

Employment:

• 1986-1989: postgraduate student
• 1989-1998: research geophysicist, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Acad.Sci. Czech Republic, Prague
• since 1998 research geophysicist, Department of Geophysics, Charles University, Prague

Areas of research interests:

• administration of computer systems
• seismic modelling, data processing
• 2D and 3D computer graphics, computer programming

Publications:

• 19 scientific papers
• 3 research reports

Selected publications:
Papers in journals:

• Bucha,V. (1985): The occurrence of rockbursts in the Kladno coal-mining area. Travaux Geophys.Acad.Tchecosl.Sci., Travaux Geophysiques 1985, Academia, Praha, 59-75.
• Bucha,V. (1992): Differences between earthquakes and explosion sources in North Western Bohemia. Acta Montana, Series A, No.3(89), 165-188.
• Bucha, V. (1997): Displaying 3-D objects in seismology using PEX library. Acta Montana, Series A, No.11(104), 59-63.
• Zahradnik, J., Bucha, V. (1998): Masking effects of subsurface layers on shallow reflecting horizons. Journal of Seismic Exploration, 7, 73-79.
• Bucha, V. (2006): Ray tracing in the smoothed acoustic SEG/EAGE Salt Model. Part 1: Seismograms. Journal of Seismic Exploration, 15, 15-24.
• Bucha, V. (2006): Ray tracing in the smoothed acoustic SEG/EAGE Salt Model. Part 2: Maps of reflections. Journal of Seismic Exploration, 15, 153-164.
• Bucha, V. (2006): Comparison of finite-difference seismograms and ray-theory travel times in the elastic SEG/EAGE Salt Model. Journal of Seismic Exploration, 15, 225-239.
• Bucha, V. (2012): Kirchhoff prestack depth migration in 3-D simple models: comparison of triclinic anisotropy with simpler anisotropies. Stud. geophys. geod., 56, 533-552.

Papers in SW3D reports:

• Bucha, V. (2001): Displaying 3-D seismic models through the VRML and GOCAD. In: Seismic Waves in Complex 3-D Structures, Report 11, pp. 337-355, Dep. Geophys., Charles Univ., Prague.
• Bucha, V. (2003): Ray tracing computations in the smoothed SEG/EAGE Salt Model. In: Seismic Waves in Complex 3-D Structures, Report 13, pp. 241-248, Dep. Geophys., Charles Univ., Prague.
• Bucha, V. (2004): Ray tracing computations in the smoothed SEG/EAGE Salt Model. Part 2: Sources in the well. In: Seismic Waves in Complex 3-D Structures, Report 14, pp. 27-34, Dep. Geophys., Charles Univ., Prague.
• Bucha, V. (2004): Ray tracing computations in the smoothed SEG/EAGE Salt Model. Part 3: Maps of reflections. In: Seismic Waves in Complex 3-D Structures, Report 14, pp. 35-42, Dep. Geophys., Charles Univ., Prague.
• Bucha, V. (2005): Comparison of finite-difference and ray-theory seismograms in the elastic SEG/EAGE Salt Model, shot number 145. In: Seismic Waves in Complex 3-D Structures, Report 15, pp. 189-206, Dep. Geophys., Charles Univ., Prague.
• Bucha, V. (2006): Comparison of finite-difference seismograms and ray-theory travel times in the elastic SEG/EAGE Salt Model, shot 145. In: Seismic Waves in Complex 3-D Structures, Report 16, pp. 29-46, Dep. Geophys., Charles Univ., Prague.
• Bucha, V. (2008): Gaussian packet prestack depth migration. Part 2: Optimized Gaussian packets. In: Seismic Waves in Complex 3-D Structures, Report 18, pp. 129-138, Dep. Geophys., Charles Univ., Prague.
• Bucha, V. (2009): Gaussian packet prestack depth migration. Part 3: Simple 2-D models. In: Seismic Waves in Complex 3-D Structures, Report 19, pp. 39-50, Dep. Geophys., Charles Univ., Prague.
• Bucha, V. (2010): Kirchhoff prestack depth migration in simple models of various anisotropy. In: Seismic Waves in Complex 3-D Structures, Report 20, Dep. Geophys., Charles Univ., Prague, pp. 35-52.
• Bucha, V. (2011): Kirchhoff prestack depth migration in 3-D models: Comparison of triclinic anisotropy with simpler anisotropies. In: Seismic Waves in Complex 3-D Structures, Report 21, Dep. Geophys., Charles Univ., Prague, pp. 47-62.

Other:

• Bucha, V. (1996): Reflection ray tracing in lignite seam model "COAL". NATO SfS GR-COAL project: Development of a methodology for assessing coal reserves employing surface and borehole seismic techniques, Report 1, Inst. of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Prague.

Selected international conferences:

• 1992, XXIII General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Prague, Czech Republic, oral presentation
• 1997, 29th General Assembly of IASPEI, Thessaloniki, Greece, poster
• 1998, 60th EAGE Conference, Leipzig, Germany, poster
• 2000, Workshop Meeting on Seismic Waves in Laterally Inhomogeneous Media V, Zahradky, Czech Republic, oral presentation
• 2003, EAGE/SEG Summer Research Workshop on 'Processing and imaging of seismic data' Using explicit or implicit velocity model information?, Trieste, Italy, oral presentation
• 2004, 74th SEG Annual Meeting, Denver, USA, oral presentation (presented by Karel Zacek)
• 2010, Workshop Meeting on Seismic Waves in Laterally Inhomogeneous Media 7, Tepla, Czech Republic, poster

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