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Time-lapse CO2 monitoring using ambient-noise seismic interferometry: A feasibility study from Ketzin, Germany

Boullenger, B. (author), Verdel, A. (author), Paap, B. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Draganov, D.S. (author)

conference paper 2015

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Seismic reflection imaging, accounting for primary and multiple reflections

Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author), Van der Neut, J.R. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Broggini, F. (author), Slob, E.C. (author), Snieder, R. (author)

journal article 2015

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An illustration of adaptive Marchenko imaging

Van der Neut, J.R. (author), Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Slob, E.C. (author), Vasconcelos, I. (author)

In Marchenko imaging, wavefields are retrieved at specified focal points in the subsurface through an iterative scheme derived from the multidimensional Marchenko equation. The method requires seismic-reflection data at the earth’s surface (after free-surface multiple elimination) and an estimate of the direct wavefield from the surface to each...

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Inversion of the multidimensional marchenko equation

Van der Neut, J.R. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author), Slob, E.C. (author)

Focusing functions are defined as wavefields that focus at a specified location in a heterogeneous subsurface. These functions can be directly related to Green's functions and hence they can be used for seismic imaging of complete wavefields, including not only primary reflections but all orders of internal multiples. Recently, it has been shown...

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Considerations about the solution space of a VTI marine CSEM Inversion problem using vertical antennas

Hunziker, J.W. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Slob, E.C. (author)

We exploit the randomness of a genetic inversion algorithm to map the global minimum of the solution space of Controlled-Source Electromagnetic inversion problems. In this study, we focus on the information content that vertical electric or magnetic receivers could add to solve for anisotropic conductivities of the subsurface. By analyzing the...

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Studying CO2 storage with ambient-noise seismic interferometry: A combined numerical feasibility study and field-data example for Ketzin, Germany

Boullenger, B. (author), Verdel, A. (author), Paap, B. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Draganov, D.S. (author)

Seismic interferometry applied to ambient-noise measurements allows the retrieval of the seismic response between pairs of receivers. We studied ambient-noise seismic interferometry (ANSI) to retrieve time-lapse reflection responses from a reservoir during CO2 geologic sequestration, using the case of the experimental site of Ketzin, Germany. We...

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Creating virtual vertical radar profiles from surface reflection ground penetrating radar data

Slob, E.C. (author), Hunziker, J.W. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author)

conference paper 2014

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Modeling of GPR data in a stack of VTI-layers with an analytical code

Hunziker, J.W. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Slob, E.C. (author)

conference paper 2014

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The electromagnetic response in a layered vertical transverse isotropic medium: A new look at an old problem

Hunziker, J.W. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Slob, E.C. (author)

We determined that the electromagnetic vertical transverse isotropic response in a layered earth can be obtained by solving two equivalent scalar equations, which were for the vertical electric field and for the vertical magnetic field, involving only a scalar global reflection coefficient. Besides the complete derivation of the full...

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Probing the solution space of an EM inversion problem with a genetic algorithm

Hunziker, J.W. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Slob, E.C. (author)

In an inversion for the subsurface conductivity distribution using frequency-domain Controlled-Source Electromagnetic data, various amounts of horizontal components may be included. We investigate which combination of components are best suited to invert for a vertical transverse isotropic (VTI) subsurface. We do this by probing the...

conference paper 2014

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Internal multiple suppression by adaptive Marchenko redatuming

Van der Neut, J.R. (author), Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Vasconcelos, I. (author)

Recently, a novel iterative scheme was proposed to retrieve Green's functions in an unknown medium from its single-sided reflection response and an estimate of the propagation velocity. In Marchenko imaging, these Green's functions are used for seismic imaging with complete wavefields, including internal multiple reflections. In this way, common...

conference paper 2014

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Marchenko imaging below an overburden with random scatterers

Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Van der Neut, J.R. (author), Vasconcelos, I. (author), Slob, E.C. (author)

Marchenko imaging is a new way to deal with internal multiple scattering in migration. It has been designed for layered media with smooth interfaces. Here we analyze the performance of the Marchenko scheme for a medium with many point scatterers. Although the conditions for Marchenko imaging are violated, we observe from a numerical experiment...

conference paper 2014

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Marchenko imaging

Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Van der Neut, J.R. (author), Broggini, F. (author), Slob, E.C. (author), Snieder, R. (author)

Traditionally, the Marchenko equation forms a basis for 1D inverse scattering problems. A 3D extension of the Marchenko equation enables the retrieval of the Green’s response to a virtual source in the subsurface from reflection measurements at the earth’s surface. This constitutes an important step beyond seismic interferometry. Whereas seismic...

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Green's function retrieval from reflection data, in absence of a receiver at the virtual source position

Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Van der Neut, J.R. (author), Broggini, F. (author), Slob, E.C. (author), Snieder, R. (author)

The methodology of Green’s function retrieval by cross-correlation has led to many interesting applications for passive and controlled-source acoustic measurements. In all applications, a virtual source is created at the position of a receiver. Here a method is discussed for Green’s function retrieval from controlled-source reflection data,...

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Marchenko redatuming below a complex overburden

Van der Neut, J.R. (author), Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Vasconcelos, I. (author)

Complex overburdens can severely distort transmitted wavefields, posing serious challenges for seismic imaging. In Marchenko redatuming, we use an iterative scheme to estimate so-called focusing functions, which can be used to redatum seismic wavefields to a specified level below the major complexities in the subsurface. Unlike in conventional...

conference paper 2014

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Green's function retrieval with Marchenko equations: A sensitivity analysis

Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Van der Neut, J.R. (author), Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author)

Recent research showed that the Marchenko equation can be used to construct the Green’s function for a virtual source position in the subsurface. The method requires the reflection response at the surface and an estimate of the direct arrival of the wavefield, traveling from the virtual source location to the acquisition surface. In this paper,...

conference paper 2013

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Three-dimensional Marchenko equation for Green's function retrieval “beyond seismic interferometry”

Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author), Slob, E.C. (author), Van der Neut, J. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Broggini, F. (author), Snieder, R. (author)

In recent work we showed with heuristic arguments that the Green's response to a virtual source in the subsurface can be obtained from reflection data at the surface. This method is called “Green's function retrieval beyond seismic interferometry”, because, unlike in seismic interferometry, no receiver is needed at the position of the virtual...

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Seismic exploration?scale velocities and structure from ambient seismic noise (>1?Hz)

Draganov, D.S. (author), Campman, X. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Verdel, A. (author), Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author)

The successful surface waves retrieval in solid?Earth seismology using long?time correlations and subsequent tomographic images of the crust have sparked interest in extraction of subsurface information from noise in the exploration seismology. Subsurface information in exploration seismology is usually derived from body?wave reflections >?1?Hz,...

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Locating scatterers by non-physical scattered waves obtained by seismic interferometry

Harmankaya, U. (author), Kaslilar, A. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author), Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author), Draganov, D.S. (author)

The investigation and detection of near-surface structures (such as cavities, caves, sinkholes, tunnels, mineshafts, buried objects, archeological ruins, water reservoir, etc.) is important to mitigate geo- and environmental hazards. In a former study, we suggested a method based on active-source seismic interferometry for locating the...

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Creating the green's response to a virtual source inside a medium using reflection data with internal multiples

Broggini, F. (author), Snieder, R. (author), Wapenaar, C.P.A. (author), Thorbecke, J.W. (author)

Seismic interferometry is a technique that allows one to reconstruct the full wavefield originating from a virtual source inside a medium, assuming a receiver is present at the virtual source location. We discuss a method that creates a virtual source inside a medium from reflection data measured at the surface, without needing a receiver inside...

conference paper 2013