Pit craters are quasi-circular depressions observed on rocky and icy planetary bodies, as well numerous asteroids. thought to form by overburden collapse into a subsurface cavity or volumetrically depleted zone. Importantly, the surface size distribution of pit may provide an important record otherwise inaccessible processes. However, because we cannot access many rely physical numerical models...

Vve examine seismic waves scattered from anisotropic heterogeneity with laboratory data and numerical modeling in order to develop modeling techniques for the characterization of fracture p'roperties in tight gas sands from surface seismic reflection data. Laboratory models representing features of a fractured reservoir were constructed using Phenolite (the "reservoir") embedded in a Lucite bac...

High-resolution seismic reflection methods were instrumental in characterizing a coalbed methane prospect estimated to have the potential to produce sufficient methane to satisfy the municipal needs of rural Fort Yukon, Alaska. Reflections with upper corner frequencies over 200 Hz and dominant frequencies over 150 Hz were recorded sitewide. Over a dozen uniquely distinguishable reflections are ...

The current emphasis in seismic stratigraphy has This process of wavelet extraction, followed by the focussed on velocity inversion and the generation of derivation of the reflectivity sequence, allows the the pseudo-acoustic log from the seismic trace. ideal pre-conditioning for seismic velocity inverThere are several published methods on wavelet sion. extraction which invariably make assumpti...

We have conducted a series of experiments designed to investigate elastic and electromagnetic (EM) velocity anisotropy associated with a preferentially aligned fracture system on a temperate valley glacier in south-central Alaska, USA. Measurements include a three-dimensional compressional wave (P-wave) seismic reflection survey conducted over a 300m 300m survey patch, with uniform source grid ...

A new approach towards automating the interpretation of geological structures like horizons or faults in reflection seismic data images is presented. Although automatic horizon tracking across faults to thereby determine geologically valid correlations is an important and time consuming task, it has still not been solved satisfactorily. The reason for this is the difficulty involved in locating...

Real-time location of earthquakes can be achieved by using direct imaging of the recorded wave field based on a Kirchhoff reconstruction method similar to that used in the migration of seismic reflection data. The standard method of event location requires the wave arrival at each sensor to be picked and associated with an event. By using direct imaging, the event is identified once in the imag...

We collected SH-wave seismic reflection data over a shallow aquifer in southwestern British Columbia to investigate the use of such data in hydrogeologic applications. We used this data set in developing a methodology that uses cone penetrometer data as an integral part of the inversion and interpretation of the seismic data. A Bayesian inversion technique converts the seismic amplitude variati...

The inversion of seismic travel-time data for radially varying media was initially investigated by Herglotz, Wiechert, and Bateman (the HWB method) in the early part of the 20th century [1]. Tomographic inversions for laterally varying media began in seismology starting in the 1970's. This included early work by Aki, Christoffersson, and Husebye who developed an inversion technique for estimati...