Imaging near-surface heterogeneities by natural migration of surface waves

Liu, Zhaolun; AlTheyab, Abdullah; Hanafy, Sherif M.; Schuster, Gerard T.

Imaging near-surface heterogeneities by natural migration of surface waves

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Conference Paper

Authors

Liu, Zhaolun

AlTheyab, Abdullah

Hanafy, Sherif M.
Schuster, Gerard T.

KAUST Department

Center for Subsurface Imaging and Fluid Modeling
Earth Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division

Online Publication Date

2016-09

Print Publication Date

2016-09

Date

2016-09

Abstract

We demonstrate that near-surface heterogeneities can be imaged by natural migration of backscattered surface waves in common shot gathers. No velocity model is required because the data are migrated onto surface points with the virtual Green's functions computed from the shot gathers. Migrating shot gathers recorded by 2D and 3D land surveys validates the effectiveness of detecting nearsurface heterogeneities by natural migration. The implication is that more accurate hazard maps can be created by migrating surface waves in land surveys.

Citation

Liu Z, Altheyab A, Hanafy S, Schuster G (2016) Imaging near-surface heterogeneities by natural migration of surface waves. SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2016. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/segam2016-13845123.1.

Acknowledgements

The research reported in this publication was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. We thank the sponsors of the CSIM consortium for their support. We would also like to thank the high performance computing (HPC) center of KAUST for providing access to super computing facilities.