Refraction interferometry for numerical surface seismic experiments

  • Dylan Mikesell
  • , Kasper Van Wijk
  • , Alexander Calvert
  • , Matt Haney

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Abstract

Seismic Interferometry is rapidly becoming an established technique to recover the Green's function between receivers, but practical limitations in the source energy distribution inevitably lead to spurious energy in the results. Here we use a spurious wave we previously called the Virtual Refraction to estimate subsurface parameters. We extend our previous acoustic analysis to a two layer elastic model with attenuation and noise. We demonstrate that stacking crosscorrelation gathers in the presence of noise improves our ability to pick the stationary-phase point associated with the critical offset. Finally we discuss using multiple refraction modes to solve for subsurface parameters using only virtual refraction data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts
PublisherSociety of Exploration Geophysicists
Pages1350-1354
Number of pages5
Volume28
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781615675661
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event79th Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and Annual Meeting 2009, SEG 2009 - Houston, United States
Duration: 25 Oct 200930 Oct 2009

Publication series

NameSEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts
PublisherSociety of Exploration Geophysicists
ISSN (Print)1052-3812

Conference

Conference79th Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and Annual Meeting 2009, SEG 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHouston
Period25/10/0930/10/09

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