Amplitude inversion of OBS direct arrivals for seabed elastic properties

James Gaiser, Moacyr de Souza Bazerra, James Simmons

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...- and S-waves in the seabed, respectively. Horizontal slowness is p. We further derive the vertical component of the reflection coefficient...

A High-Resolution VSP in the Oil Sands for Improved Reservoir Characterization; #41521 (2015)

Mark Morrish, Laurie Bellman

Search and Discovery.com

... looks at the acquisition and application of a high-resolution multi-component walkaway Vertical Seismic Profile (VSP) recorded in 2010 in the Athabasca...

The propagator and transfer matrix for a 3D inhomogeneous dissipative acoustic medium, expressed in Marchenko focusing functions

Kees Wapenaar, Sjoerd de Ridder, Marcin Dukalski, Christian Reinicke

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... Reinicke, Aramco Delft Global Research Center Summary Standard Marchenko redatuming and imaging schemes neglect evanescent waves and are based...

Multi-Component, Time-Lapse Seismology for Monitoring Reservoir Production Processes, by Robert D. Benson and Thomas L. Davis, Search and Discovery article #40075 (2003).

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Abstract: Relaxing the Near-Surface assumption in Estimating 3C Receiver Orientations: Azimuth-Stack Power Optimization of Reflected PS Data; #90187 (2014)

Nirupama (Pam) Nagarajappa, Peter Cary, and Chuck Ursenbach

Search and Discovery.com

..., Calgary, Canada [email protected] Summary In land multi-component (MC) data processing, the orientation of each receiver's horizontal components...

Permeability Distribution Within a Fine-Grained Lacustrine Delta, Late Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, Northern Utah

David R. Lemons, Marjorie A. Chan

Utah Geological Association

... cores from five lithofacies and three architectural elements. Average measured horizontal permeabilities ranged from 0.1 to 18.1 darcys. Average...

Processes of Sediment-Wave Construction Along the Present Zaire Deep-Sea Meandering Channel: Role of Meanders and Flow Stripping

Sebastien Migeon,, Bruno Savoye, Nathalie Babonneau, France-Lucy Spy Andersson

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of lithofacies suggests that construction of migrating sediment waves is closely linked to repeated successive spillovers from the head and body of a single...

Architectural Elements and Implications for Deepwater Overbank Deposition of Fine-Grained Lithofacies in the Cerro Toro Formation (Cretaceous), #50671 (2012)

Silla Syncline, Chile, Kirt Campion

Search and Discovery.com

... by onlap, truncation (toplap) and downlap patterns, and (2) laterally persistent (> 400 m), horizontal, thin-bedded mudstone and sandstone. These facies...

Different Approaches of Combining Geophone and Hydrophone Data From OBC Seismic at Bintuni-Berau Bay, Papua

Tepy Septyana, Yayat Supriatna, Supriyono, Greg Schurter, James Keggin, Jean-Jacques Chameau

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... component OBC data to suppress receiver-side ghost and reverberations is a proven product of combining two different sensors, geophone and hydrophone...

Abstract: Poisson's Ratio of Water Saturated Alluvium in Penang from Shallow Seismic Refraction

Leong Lap Sau, Lim Teck Kean, Md. Anuar Razali

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... seismograph. Conventional shallow hammer seismics yield adequate signal resolution over a 50 meter line. Horizontal shear waves are generated by striking...

Azimuthal Variations in Reflection Seismic Data: Measurements Governed by the In-Situ Horizontal Stress Field and/or Vertical Aligned Fractures

Heloise B. Lynn, Walter S. Lynn

West Texas Geological Society

... split shear waves that have traveled through the same volume of rock. Unequal Horizontal Stresses Recall Figure 2, which showed the measured...

Characterization of Seismic Anomalies using Converted Waves: A Case History from East Natuna Basin

Lotfi Ben-Brahim, Ronan Petton, Michel Couderc, Agus Djamhoer

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Characterization of Seismic Anomalies using Converted Waves: A Case History from East Natuna Basin Lotfi Ben-Brahim, Ronan Petton, Michel Couderc...

Abstract: The Next Wave: Three-Dimensional, Three-Component Technology

Thomas L. Davis

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

...Abstract: The Next Wave: Three-Dimensional, Three-Component Technology Thomas L. Davis 1996 11 11 Three-dimensional (3-D), three-component (3-C...

Case History of DAS Fiber-Based Microseismic and Strain Data, Monitoring Horizontal Hydraulic Stimulations Using Various Tools to Highlight Physical Deformation Processes (Part A)

Robert Hull, Robert Meek, Hector Bello, Douglas Miller

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... we often sacrifice looking at the whole waveform broadside and position tools typically slightly above the stimulated zone to minimize head waves...

SV/SH or S1/S2 separation for 3D6C data with direct S-wave vibrator exciting once

Yuan Yuan Yue, Zhiwen Deng, Wenbo Zhang, Hequn Li, Jianlei Zhang, Lina Huo

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... Zhang, Lina Huo, BGP, CNPC Summary 3D9C seismic acquisition uses one vertical- and two horizontal-excitations at each shot point. The 4C SS-wave...

PS-Wave Azimuthal Anisotropy: Benefits for Fractured Reservoir Management, by James E. Gaiser, #40120 (2004).

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The Attenuation Effects of Surface-Wave Propagations on Rockmass Using SASW Method

Suharsono, Abdul Rahim Samsudin

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... of the amplitude (A) or energy vibration due to the geometrical and material dampings of Rayleigh waves were estimated by SASW method. The results...

Shear-wave value for seismic imaging: Lupin 9C Seismic 3D Survey, Midland Basin, West Texas

Hermes Malcotti, Ranjan Dash, James Davenport, Gary Murphy, James DiSiena, James Gaiser

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... for the technical reliability of PS-waves, guided by pure horizontal shear-wave (SH) imaging in depth. This work evaluates Swave sensitivity for improving...

Depositional and Dispersal Dynamics of Intertidal Sand Bars

George deVries Klein

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... dunes and simple sand waves migrated an average horizontal distance of 24 cm per tidal day (two tidal cycles). Bedform migration is controlled...

Imaging of Shallow Coal Structures Using 2D6C Mini-SOSIE

Shaun Strong, James Alderman, Steve Hearn

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... approach is to use a pure S-wave survey. White et al. (1956) demonstrated that S-waves can be generated by applying a horizontal impact force...

Microseismic imaging with three-component borehole sensors

Jakob B. U. Haldorsen

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... · a(ω, xm ) (2) S M−1 Asv, h (ω, x) = Σm=0 eiω s · (x−x m ) [ex,x m × a(ω, xm )] H,V (3) where the transverse horizontal (H) component of the vector...

Quantitative comparison of active and passive surface wave data obtained from distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) and three-component geophones

Koichi Hayashi, Hayato Nonaka, Peter Hubbard, Yasuhiro Yokota, Kensuke Date, Kazuhiko Masumoto, Takaaki Taira, Kenichi Soga

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... a horizontal geophone component parallel to the optical fiber cables since the DAS is sensitive to axial direction. Quantitative comparison of absolute...

Fluid Processes and Sea-Floor Response on a Modern Storm-Dominated Shelf: Middle Atlantic Shelf of North America. Part I: The Storm-Current Regime.

Donald J. P. Swift, Gregory Han, Christopher E. Vincent

CSPG Special Publications

... a high frequency (6–12 s) wave orbital component is superimposed on a slowly varying wind-driven mean flow component. Combined-flow currents are highly...

Wave-Dominated Shelves: A Model of Sand-Ridge Formation by Progressive, Infragravity Waves

B. Boczar-Karakiewicz, J. L. Bona

CSPG Special Publications

... with = 0 at the shelf edge, is the vertical coordinate with = 0 at the undisturbed, free water surface, = (,,) is the horizontal component...

Characterization of a Shallow Steamed Oil Reservoir Using Crosswell Seismology

Bjorn N. P. Paulsson, John W. Fairborn

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the direct arrival and various head waves. The arrivals between the depths of about 1000 and 1200 feet exhibit almost no moveout, which is difficult...