Wave Equation Inversion of Skeletonized SurfaceWaves

Zhendong Zhang, Yike Liu, Gerard T. Schuster

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Abstract

We present a surface-wave inversion method that inverts for the S-wave velocity from the Rayleigh dispersion curve for the fundamental-mode. We call this wave equation inversion of skeletonized surface waves because the dispersion curve for the fundamental-mode Rayleigh wave is inverted using finite-difference solutions to the wave equation. The best match between the predicted and observed dispersion curves provides the optimal S-wave velocity model. Results with synthetic and field data illustrate the benefits and limitations of this method.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2391-2395
Number of pages5
JournalSEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2015
Volume34
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 19 2015

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