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US 2010/0142316 A1Published application
Using waveform inversion to determine properties of a subsurface medium
OwnerHenk Keers, Paul Childsinventors
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Abstract
A technique includes providing seismic data acquired in a seismic survey of a medium. The seismic data includes particle motion data. The technique includes modeling waves propagating through the medium during the survey as a function of at least one property of the medium and the seismic data. The technique includes, based on the modeling, determining the property(ies) of the medium.
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A method comprising:
- providing seismic data acquired in a seismic survey of a medium, the seismic data including particle motion data;
- modeling waves propagating through the medium during the survey as a function of at least one property of the medium and the seismic data;
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- based on the modeling, determining said at least one property of the medium.
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A system comprising:
- an interface to receive seismic data acquired in a seismic survey of a medium, the seismic data including particle motion data;
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- a processor to process the seismic data to model waves propagating through the medium during the survey as a function of at least one property of the medium and the seismic data.
An article comprising a computer readable storage medium to store instructions that when executed by a processor-based system cause the processor-based system to:
- receive seismic data acquired in a seismic survey of a medium, the seismic data including particle motion data;
- and
- process the seismic data to model waves propagating through the medium during the survey as a function of at least one property of the medium and the seismic data.
A method comprising:
- providing seismic data acquired in a seismic survey of a medium;
- modeling a wave propagating through the medium during the survey as a function of at least one property of the medium and the seismic data, including modeling the wave as a function of a Bjorn integral having a phase function;
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- based on contours of the phase function, constructing the wave.
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