We propose in this paper a modular approach for the problem of traveltime inversion or seismic tomography. This problem consists in the inference of the velocity of wave propagation in the subsurface after an explosion has been produced at the surface, relying on such waves’ traveltimes. These traveltimes are recorded by several receivers on the surface. In the present work, we consider data sy...

It has been proposed that in the case of strong multiple scattering, the data matrix P is replaced by its inverse P−1 before starting seismic processing. In the inverse data space, all surface-related multiples map onto the origin, whereas the inverse of the primaries map mostly at negative times. This interesting property opens up new ways to separate primaries from multiples and apply other p...

The study aims to implement a high-resolution Extended Elastic Impedance (EEI) inversion estimate the petrophysical properties (e.g., porosity, saturation and volume of shale) from seismic well log data. resolves pitfall basic EEI in inverting below-tuning resolution, dimensionality absolute value are improved by employing stochastic perturbation constrained integrated energy spectra attribute ...

pore pressure could be estimated prior to drilling using seismic velocities. applying this approach, the final calculated pore pressure is highly affected by accuracy of the obtained velocity data. in order to generate an accurate velocity cube with proper resolution, velocities from well logs and post-stack 3-d seismic inversion are used along with stacking velocities from velocity analysis of...

In order to make the seismic positioning and monitoring system work more effectively, this paper designs four kinds of geophone array methods. By establishing complex geological model and using micro-grid ray tracing, the process that the signal starts from the source location to the seismic geophone arrays is simulated in forward algorithm. In condition of random disturbance, the source locati...

We have detected a continuous seismic signal near 2.08 Hz using data from a portable seismic array, 1280 km long, deployed in Siberia and Mongolia. The signal can be observed on almost all the stations along the profile. The amplitude and the frequency of the signal show a clear daily cycle, and their temporal variations are similar at different stations, suggesting that the signals observed at...

We propose a formulation of full-wavefield inversion (FWI) as a constrained optimization problem, and describe a computationally efficient technique for solving constrained full-wavefield inversion (CFWI). The technique is based on using a total-variation regularization method, with the regularization weighted in favor of constraining deeper subsurface model sections. The method helps to promot...

This is the second paper in a two-part series that describes a massively parallel code that performs 2D full-waveform inversion of wide-aperture seismic data for imaging complex structures. We present several numerical validation of the full-waveform inversion code with both canonical and realistic synthetic examples. We illustrate how different multiscale strategies can be applied by either su...

[1] The magnetotelluric dataset collected on the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield has been re-analyzed using superior inversion algorithms that have been developed in recent years. A combination of constrained inversion, forward modeling and synthetic inversion studies are used, and show that at the SAFOD site, the low resistivity fault zone extends to a depth of 2–3 km. An extended zone of low r...