Seismic interferometry deals with the generation of new seismic responses by crosscorrelating existing ones. One of the main assumptions underlying most interferometry methods is that the medium is lossless. We develop an ‘interferometry-bydeconvolution’ approach which circumvents this assumption. The proposed method applies not only to seismic waves, but to any type of diffusion and/or wave fi...

Accurate interpretation of seismic traveltimes and amplitudes in the exploration and global scales is complicated by the band-limited nature of seismic data. We discovered a stochastic method to reduce a seismic waveform into a most probable constituent spike train. Model waveforms were constructed from a set of candidate spike trains convolved with a source wavelet estimate. For each model wav...

Claerbout’s daylight imaging concept is generalized to the general theory of interferometric seismic imaging (II). Interferometric seismic imaging is defined to be any algorithm that inverts crosscorrelated seismic data for the reflectivity or source distribution. As examples, we show that II can be used to image reflectivity distributions by migrating ghost reflections in passive seismic data,...

The increased availability and fidelity of broadband seismic instruments have played a key role in bridging the gap between exploration and global seismic applications. Long gone are the days when global structure mapping and source characterization/monitoring relied on the manual digitization of WWSSN (World-Wide Standard Seismographic Network) analogue records or hours in front of microfiche ...

I present the theory of interferometric imaging (II). Interferometric imaging is any algorithm that images crosscorrelated data for the reflectivity or source distribution. As examples, I show that II can image arbitrary reflectivity distributions by migrating ghost reflections in passive seismic data, generalize the receiver-function imaging method used by seismologists, and migrate free-surfa...

S U M M A R Y With seismic interferometry a virtual source can be created inside a medium, assuming a receiver is present at the position of the virtual source. Here we discuss a method that creates a virtual source inside a medium from reflection data, without needing a receiver inside the medium. Apart from the reflection data, an estimate of the direct arrivals is required. However, no expli...

Seismic interferometry allows one to create a virtual source inside a medium, assuming a receiver is present at the position of the virtual source. We discuss a method that creates a virtual source inside a medium from reflection data measured at the surface, without needing a receiver inside the medium and, hence, presenting and advantage over seismic interferometry. In addition to the reflect...