Migration velocity analysis and waveform inversion with subsurface offset extension

dc.contributor.advisorSymes, William W
dc.creatorFu, Lei
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-01T15:25:20Z
dc.date.available2017-08-01T15:25:20Z
dc.date.created2016-12
dc.date.issued2016-12-01
dc.date.submittedDecember 2016
dc.date.updated2017-08-01T15:25:20Z
dc.description.abstractImage-domain seismic inversion with subsurface offset extension may converge to kinematically accurate velocity models without the low-frequency data accuracy required for standard data-domain full waveform inversion. However, this robust alternative approach to waveform inversion suffers from very high computational cost, resulting from its use of nonlocal wave physics: the computation of strain from stress involves an integral over the subsurface offset axis, which must be performed at ev- ery space-time grid point. Additionally, under prototypical conditions of acquisition geometry, the existence of artefacts is very likely to deviate the velocity update from its path to the correct velocity. I show here three new approaches that significantly improve both efficiency and robustness of subsurface offset extended waveform in- version and migration velocity analysis (MVA). The global convergence property of the extended waveform inversion is achieved by adaptively determining the penalty weight. It is also shown that a combination of data-fit driven offset limits, grid coarsening, and low-pass data filtering can reduce the cost of extended inversion by one to two orders of magnitude. Lastly, a taper in angle domain depending on acquisition geometry and imaging point is introduced. The application of taper directly on extended image makes migration velocity analysis becomes more robust. I illustrate these new methods in the context of constant density acoustic waveform inversion, by recovering background model and perturbation fitting band-limited waveform data in the Born approximation.
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dc.identifier.citationFu, Lei. "Migration velocity analysis and waveform inversion with subsurface offset extension." (2016) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/95967">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/95967</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/95967
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectFull waveform inversion
dc.subjectmigration velocity analysis
dc.subjectsubsurface offset extension
dc.titleMigration velocity analysis and waveform inversion with subsurface offset extension
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentEarth Science
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
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