Imaging near-surface heterogeneities by natural migration of surface waves

Zhaolun Liu; Abdullah AlTheyab; Sherif M. Hanafy; Gerard T. Schuster

doi:10.1190/segam2016-13845123.1

Imaging near-surface heterogeneities by natural migration of surface waves

Zhaolun Liu, Abdullah AlTheyab, Sherif M. Hanafy, Gerard T. Schuster

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Abstract

We demonstrate that near-surface heterogeneities can be imaged by natural migration of backscattered surface waves in common shot gathers. No velocity model is required because the data are migrated onto surface points with the virtual Green's functions computed from the shot gathers. Migrating shot gathers recorded by 2D and 3D land surveys validates the effectiveness of detecting nearsurface heterogeneities by natural migration. The implication is that more accurate hazard maps can be created by migrating surface waves in land surveys.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2016
Publisher	Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Pages	4946-4950
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2016-13845123.1
State	Published - Sep 2016

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