We present a method for the determination of crustal structure by simultaneous inversion of seismic refraction and wide-angle reflection traveltimes for 3-D interface geometry and layer velocity. Crustal structure is represented by layers in which velocity varies linearly with depth, separated by smooth interfaces with a cubic B-spline parametrization. Lateral variations in structure are theref...

Distributed subsurface imaging is of high relevance for autonomous seismic surveys by multi-agent networks as envisioned future planetary missions. The goal to achieve a cooperative reconstruction image at each agent relying on data exchange among the agents. To this end, distributed full waveform inversion high-resolution has been proposed. However, always requires an initial model subsurface....

[1] Traveltime determinations have found increasing application in the characterization of groundwater systems. No algorithms are available, however, to optimally design sampling strategies including this information type. We propose a first-order methodology to include groundwater age or tracer arrival time determinations in measurement network design and apply the methodology in an illustrati...

We derive an approximate equation combining the quality factor Q, the traveltime of a wave, and the variation of the instantaneous frequency (IF) at the envelope peaks of two successive seismic wavelets, along the wave propagating direction, based on the theory of one-way wave propagation in a 1D viscoelastic medium. We then propose a method (called the WEPIF method) to estimate Q by measuring ...

For a xed, central ray in an isotropic elastic or acoustic media, traveltime moveouts of rays in its vicinity can be described in terms of a certain number of parameters that refer to the central ray only. The determination of these parameters out of multicoverage data leads to very powerful algorithms that can be used for several imaging and inversion processes. Assuming two-dimensional propag...