Coupled Inversion of Amplitudes and Traveltimes of Primaries and Multiples for Monochannel Seismic Surveys
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Inversion Strategy
2.2. Modeling Amplitudes and Traveltimes
2.3. Inverting Amplitudes and Traveltimes
2.4. Algorithm Details
3. Application to Synthetic and Real Data
3.1. Validation by Synthetic Data
3.2. Application to Real Data
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Layer Name | Velocity (m/s) | Density (g/cc) | Thickness (m) |
---|---|---|---|
Seawater | 1500 | 1 | 20 |
Sediments | 2000–2500 | 1.2 | 10 |
Basement | 3000 | 1.4 | - |
Layer Name | Velocity (m/s) | Density (g/cc) | Thickness (m) |
---|---|---|---|
Seawater | 1500 | 1 | 15–25 |
Sediments | 1600–2000 | 1.1–1.3 | 7–10 |
Basement | 3000 | 1.4 | - |
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Vesnaver, A.; Baradello, L. Coupled Inversion of Amplitudes and Traveltimes of Primaries and Multiples for Monochannel Seismic Surveys. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12, 588. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12040588
Vesnaver A, Baradello L. Coupled Inversion of Amplitudes and Traveltimes of Primaries and Multiples for Monochannel Seismic Surveys. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2024; 12(4):588. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12040588
Chicago/Turabian StyleVesnaver, Aldo, and Luca Baradello. 2024. "Coupled Inversion of Amplitudes and Traveltimes of Primaries and Multiples for Monochannel Seismic Surveys" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 12, no. 4: 588. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12040588