Seismic attenuation due to patchy saturation

Relative Seismic Attenuation Estimation

The end goal of any solid Earth study is to better constrain physical parameters of the Earth (e.g. viscosity, temperature, and mineral composition). As we are unable to directly measure many of these quantities, past a few kilometers in depth, we must content ourselves with indirect estimates by way of experiment and theory. Just as geochemists do this by way of compositional deviations from p...

Assessing Velocity and Impedance Changes Due to CO2 Saturation Using Interferometry on Repeated Seismic Sources

Seismic Wave Attenuation due to Scattering and Leaky Mode Mechanisms in Heterogeneous Reservoirs

Multi-dimensional and multi-variable heterogeneous petrophysical reservoir models were constructed based on stochastic analysis of well logs. With a full wave form visco-elastic finite difference modeling software, a numerical experiment (cross borehole survey) was conducted to study the impact of Pand S-wave scattering, wave mode conversion, leaky mode mechanism and their integration on the ap...

Atmospheric Attenuation due to Humidity

Humidity remains in the atmosphere even on bright days. Water of all three states can be found naturally in the atmosphere: liquid (rain, fog, and clouds), solid (snowflakes, ice crystals), and gas (water vapour). Water in any state is an obstacle in the link of the electromagnetic wave. When the wave passes through the water particles, a part of its energy is absorbed and a part is scattered. ...

Seismic Wave Attenuation in Carbonates