[1] We report on seismic and petrological data that provide new constraints on the geological evolution of the Amerasia Basin. A seismic reflection transect across the Makarov Basin, located between the Mendeleev and Lomonosov Ridges, shows a complete undisturbed sedimentary section of Mesozoic/Cenozoic age. In contrast to the Mendeleev Ridge, the margin of the Lomonosov Ridge is wide and shows...

In this paper, we study the relationship between the acquisition of time-harmonic seismic data and the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map for the Helmholtz equation in dimension n ≥ 3. This relationship is established through the introduction of a single-layer potential operator. We analyze its properties with a view to so-called iterative full waveform inversion based on the Hilbert-Schmidt norm, that i...

Seismic data comprise many traces that provide a spatiotemporal sampling of the reflected wavefield. However, such informationmay suffer from ambient and random noise during acquisition, which could possibly limit the use of seismic data in reservoir locating. Traditionally, fixed transforms are used to separate the noise from the data by exploiting their different characteristics in a transfor...

A high-resolution seismic reflection investigation mapped reflectors and identified characteristics potentially influencing the interpretation of the hydrogeology underlying a portion of the Oxnard Plain in Ventura County, California. Design and implementation of this study was heavily influenced by high levels of cultural noise from vehicles, power lines, roads, manufacturing facilities, and u...

Rock physics models allow establishing a physical-mathematical relation between rock and fluid properties and geophysical attributes. In this study, we propose to apply rock physics models to a geophysical dataset measured at two well locations near the proposed Snake River Plain FORGE site in eastern Idaho. The potential target is a rhyolite layer, which occurs between 2,000 and 3,000 m. The a...

We have now completed the second year of the Full Waveform Acoustic Logging Consortium. During these two years, we have developed a good understanding of seismic wave propagation in a borehole through both theoretical modelling and data interpretation. If we were to make a simple statement about the full waveform acoustic log, it would be that the method has far greater potential for determinin...