Wave-equation, finite-frequency imaging and inversion still face many challenges in addressing the inversion of highly complex velocity models as well as in dealing with nonlinear imaging e.g., migration of multiples, amplitude-preserving migration . Extended images EIs are particularly important for designing image-domain objective functions aimed at addressing standing issues in seismic imagi...

The physical samples of natural gas hydrate were obtained first by drilling in permafrost region of Qilian Mountain of China in 2008. Permafrost area in Qilian Mt. is located in lower latitudes at high altitude, and the samples form in the Jurassic stratum under hard rock environment, rather than in unconsolidated soil layer. The environment of the Gas hydrate discovered is different from in th...

tehran, the capital of iran, is under the threat of large magnitude earthquakes (above 7) located on known active faults. previous studies on the effect of local surface geology on earthquake ground motion using 1d calculation of sh transfer function (jafari et al., 2001; jica & cest, 2000) and using experimental methods (haghshenas, 2005) based on earthquake and ambient noise vibration recordi...

Waveform inversion is a velocity model building technique based on full seismograms as the input and seismic wavefields as the information carrier. Conventional waveform inversion is implemented in the data-domain. Similar techniques can be formulated in the image domain, with seismic image as the input and seismic wavefields as the information carrier. The objective function for image-domain w...

Seismic studies using well-logging, refraction, and reflection methods were carried out in 1965 in conjunction with a core-sample drilling project in the Ewa Coastal Plain, Oahu, Hawaii. The seismic well-logging technique gave a complicated velocity-depth profile, with higher velocities associated with reef limestone and lower velocities associated with mud deposits. The seismic refraction meth...

in this paper we are going to show the importance of mode identification in microtremor array analysis. the idea come from four concentric ambient noise array recordings with aperture 100 to 1000 meters, performed in southern urban area of tehran near the shrine of imam khomeini. these measurements were part of a comprehensive research project with the aim of determination of deep shear wave ve...

This dissertation consists of four research topics, addressing three different scales of crustal-scale seismic data analysis. At the large scale, this research involves determining the lithospheric crustal structure across the southern Rio Grande rift (SRGR) from a 205 km long refraction/wide-angle reflection profile across southern New Mexico into Far West Texas acquired during the Portillo Vo...

Shallow seismic reflection marine profiles were collected in the area of Balaton Lake in Hungary using high frequency boomer techniques, in order to get information about the stratigraphy of the sedimentary layers. The noise in these shallow marine seismic reflection data is analyzed, and a series of traditional seismic data processing techniques is applied to improve the S/N ratio and coherenc...

Obtaining seismic images with good quality in hardrock environments has been challenging. This condition applies to many mineral explorations using seismic methods including our study area where the data quality is strongly affected by soft, near-surface materials and a reflector with low contrast in rock physical properties. Until recently, no effective processing has been applied to the seism...

Monitoring of earthquake faults and volcanoes contributes to our understanding of their dynamic mechanisms and to our ability to predict future earthquakes and volcanic activity. We report here on spatial and temporal variations of seismic velocity around the seismogenic fault of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake [moment magnitude (Mw) 7.0] based on ambient seismic noise. Seismic velocity near the r...