Migration velocity analysis and waveform inversion with subsurface offset extension

dc.contributor.advisorSymes, William Wen_US
dc.creatorFu, Leien_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-01T15:25:20Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-08-01T15:25:20Zen_US
dc.date.created2016-12en_US
dc.date.issued2016-12-01en_US
dc.date.submittedDecember 2016en_US
dc.date.updated2017-08-01T15:25:20Zen_US
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.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
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>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/95967en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectFull waveform inversionen_US
dc.subjectmigration velocity analysisen_US
dc.subjectsubsurface offset extensionen_US
dc.titleMigration velocity analysis and waveform inversion with subsurface offset extensionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentEarth Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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