A B S T R A C TWe present a seismic Test Line, provided by Saudi Aramco for various research teams, to highlight a few major challenges in land data processing due to near-surface anomalies. We discuss state-of-the-art methods used to compensate for shallow distortions, including single-layer, multilayer, plus/minus, refraction and tomostatics methods. They are a starting point for the new technologies presented in other papers, all dealing with the same challenging data described here.The difficulties on the Test Line are mostly due to the assumption of vertical raypaths, inherent in classical applications of near-surface correction statics. Even the most detailed velocity/depth model presents difficulties, due to the compleXraypath. There is a need for methods which are based on more complex models and theories.

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