MuSpaC: Near surface characterization with multi-component surface wave correlations

  • Andrew P. Lamb
  • , Kasper Van Wijk

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Abstract

We present a new technique that incorporates the radial and vertical components of an extended version of the Spatial Autocorrelation (SPAC) method (Aki, 1957), to improve surface wave dispersion estimates. Existing methods to retrieve vital near-surface properties generally use only the vertical components. We demonstrate the advantages of the multi-component SPAC, MuSPAC, by applying our method to numerical elastic wave simulations for a known source and earth model. We then add complexity to this model, and show that by summing sources over multiple offsets, that we successfully retrieve the velocity structure of the earth model.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSociety of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting, SEG 2013
Subtitle of host publicationExpanding Geophysical Frontiers
PublisherSociety of Exploration Geophysicists
Pages1788-1793
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781629931883
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
EventSociety of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers, SEG 2013 - Houston, United States
Duration: 22 Sep 201327 Sep 2013

Publication series

NameSociety of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting, SEG 2013: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers

Conference

ConferenceSociety of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers, SEG 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHouston
Period22/09/1327/09/13

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