简介：EstimationofThomsen＇sanisotropicparametersisveryimportantforaccuratetime-to-depthconversionanddepthmigrationdataprocessing.Comparedwithothermethods,itismucheasierandmorereliabletoestimateanisotropicparametersthatarerequiredforsurfaceseismicdepthimagingfromverticalseismicprofile（VSP）data,becausethefirstarrivalsofVSPdatacanbepickedwithmuchhigheraccuracy.Inthisstudy,wedevelopedamethodforestimatingThomsen＇sP-waveanisotropicparametersinVTImediausingthefirstarrivalsfromwalkawayVSPdata.Modelfirst-arrivaltraveltimesarecalculatedonthebasisofthenear-offsetnormalmoveoutcorrectionvelocityinVTImediaandraytracingusingThomsen＇sP-wavevelocityapproximation.Then,theanisotropicparameters0andearedeterminedbyminimizingthedifferencebetweenthecalculatedandobservedtraveltimesforthenearandfaroffsets.Numericalforwardmodeling,usingtheproposedmethodindicatesthaterrorsbetweentheestimatedandmeasuredanisotropicparametersaresmall.Usingfielddatafromaneight-azimuthwalkawayVSPinTarimBasin,weestimatedtheparameters0andeandbuiltananisotropicdepth-velocitymodelforprestackdepthmigrationprocessingofsurface3Dseismicdata.Theresultsshowimprovementinimagingthecarbonatereservoirsandminimizingthedeptherrorsofthegeologicaltargets.