Seismic wavefield imaging of Earth's interior across scales

J Tromp - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Seismic full-waveform inversion (FWI) for imaging Earth's interior was introduced in the late
1970s. Its ultimate goal is to use all of the information in a seismogram to understand the …

Deformation of crust and upper mantle in central Tibet caused by the northward subduction and slab tearing of the Indian lithosphere: New evidence based on shear …

C Wu, X Tian, T Xu, X Liang, Y Chen, M Taylor… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Shear-wave splitting provides insight into geodynamic processes such as lithospheric
deformation and upper mantle flow. This study presents shear wave splitting parameters …

Reverse time migration of acoustic waves for imaging based defects detection for concrete and CFST structures

H Liu, H Xia, M Zhuang, Z Long, C Liu, J Cui… - … Systems and Signal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic non-destructive testing (NDT) technology has been widely used for defect
inspection of concrete structures in civil engineering. However, most of the current data …

Physics-guided deep autoencoder to overcome the need for a starting model in full-waveform inversion

A Dhara, MK Sen - The Leading Edge, 2022 - library.seg.org
Full-waveform inversion (FWI) is a popular technique to obtain high-resolution estimates of
earth model parameters using all information present in seismic data. Thus, it can provide …

Tunnel detection at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, USA—Part 1: 2D full-waveform inversion experiment

Y Wang, RD Miller, SL Peterie, SD Sloan… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We have applied time domain 2D full-waveform inversion (FWI) to detect a known 10 m
deep wood-framed tunnel at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. The acquired seismic data …

Swell-noise attenuation: A deep learning approach

X Zhao, P Lu, Y Zhang, J Chen, X Li - The Leading Edge, 2019 - library.seg.org
Noise attenuation for ordinary images using machine learning technology has achieved
great success in the computer vision field. However, directly applying these models to …

Cavity detection by SH-wave full-waveform inversion—A reflection-focused approach

R Mecking, D Köhn, M Meinecke, W Rabbel - Geophysics, 2021 - library.seg.org
The detection of cavities with geophysical methods is a challenging task for which a general
approach has not yet been found. We have found that viscoelastic SH full-waveform …

Geologic forward prospecting using improved tunnel-seismic-while-drilling method: A case study of the water supply project at Songhua River, Jilin, China

S Li, L Chen, B Liu, X Xu, L Liu, Y Chen - Geophysics, 2022 - library.seg.org
Unexpected geologic heterogeneities in tunnel lines often cause safety issues and
economic losses during excavation using tunnel boring machines (TBMs). Therefore …

2d near‐surface full‐waveform tomography reveals bedrock controls on critical zone architecture

BJ Eppinger, WS Holbrook, Z Liu… - Earth and Space …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
For decades, seismic imaging methods have been used to study the critical zone, Earth's
thin, life‐supporting skin. The vast majority of critical zone seismic studies use traveltime …

Early arrival waveform inversion using data uncertainties and matching filters with application to near-surface seismic refraction data

A Cai, CA Zelt - Geophysics, 2022 - library.seg.org
We develop an early arrival waveform inversion (EAWI) technique for high-resolution near-
surface velocity estimation by iteratively updating the P-wave velocity model to minimize the …