3-D acoustic-elastic full-waveform inversion and migration of marine VSP data from Norway

Zhaolun Liu, Jürgen Hoffmann, Frederik J. Simons, Jeroen Tromp

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Abstract

We demonstrate an application of three-dimensional (3-D) acoustic-elastic coupled Full-Waveform Inversion (FWI) to deviated Rig-source Vertical Seismic Profile (R-VSP) data from the Fenja Field in Norway, to advance our understanding of subsurface structure. We perform 3-D Reverse-Time Migration (RTM) of the data using the inverted wave speed models. The RTM results show that the structures in our 3-D compressional speed (VP) image are a better match with those obtained from surface seismic imaging, compared to the legacy 2-D ray-based migration image. The resolution of our shear wave speed (VS) image is higher than that of the VP image due to the smaller reflection angle of P-to-S converted waves compared to that of P-to-P reflections. Our VS and density (ρ) images yield additional structural information.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)797-801
Number of pages5
JournalSEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts
Volume2022-August
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 15 2022
Event2nd International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy, IMAGE 2022 - Houston, United States
Duration: Aug 28 2022Sep 1 2022

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Geophysics

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