Non-linear inversion of scattered seismic surface waves

Nonreflection seismic and inversion of surface and guided waves

S imaging need not be synonymous with or rely on the presence of reflectors in the Earth. Much can be gleaned from the nonreflected wavefield. For example, direct waves map out smooth velocity variations in crosswell seismic tomography, wide-angle refracted waves play a crucial role in full waveform inversion (Hole et al., 2005), and surface waves provide unmatched sensitivity to near-surface s...

Nonreflection seismic and inversion of surface and guided waves

D acoustic sensing (DAS) is a relatively recent development in the use of fiber-optic cable for measurement of ground motion. Discrete fiber-optic sensors, typically using a Bragg diffraction grating, have been in research and development and field testing for more than 15 years with geophysical applications at least 12 years old (Bostick, 2000, and summary in Keul et al., 2005). However, devel...

Nonreflection seismic and inversion of surface and guided waves

628 The Leading Edge June 2013 S interferometry on local scale usually aims at recovering Rayleigh waves. This is because of the predominant use of vertical component geophones in exploration seismology and the fact that Rayleigh waves occur for any given subsurface structure. On the other hand, Love waves are present only in layered media and require horizontal component geophones for their ob...

Seismic Surface Waves

Reverse-time-migration of multiply scattered seismic waves

Multiply scattered waves, including internal multiples, are rarely considered as signal when imaging with seismic waves. Reverse-time-migration techniques accurately handle the propagation of such complex scattered waves, but most of these techniques paradoxically do not fully utilize the illumination and energy of multiply scattered waves because these methods rely on the single-scattering ass...