A fast 3-D free-surface topography method for acoustic full-waveform inversion

Conference paper (2016)

Authors

W.A. Mulder Applied Geophysics and Petrophysics - CEG , Shell Global Solutions International B.V.
Research Group
Applied Geophysics and Petrophysics (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2016 M.J. Huiskes, RE Plessix, W.A. Mulder
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https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201601664
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Published Date

2016

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Geoscience and Engineering

Research Group

Applied Geophysics and Petrophysics

Abstract

We propose a finite-difference scheme for the simulation of seismic waves interacting with 3-D freesurface topography. The intended application is velocity model building by acoustic full-waveform inversion (FWI). The scheme follows an immersed boundary approach for wave equations in the firstorder stress-velocity formulation, discretized on a standard staggered grid. Our scheme employs modified 1-D stencils rather than a full 3-D field wavefield extension at the free surface. Although this decreases the accuracy, it improves the scheme's simplicity and robustness. To avoid stability problems, points close to the zero-pressure boundary must be excluded. The scheme, and its adjoint, have been tested by tilted geometry tests and by comparison to a finite-element method. We present a first test result of full-waveform inversion with the new scheme.