• DocumentCode
    3031373
  • Title

    High resolution seismic imaging of subsurface objects using horizontal shear waves

  • Author

    Liu, Baotong

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Inf. Sci., Tianshui Normal Univ., Tianshui, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    26-28 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    344
  • Lastpage
    347
  • Abstract
    Shallow subsurface objects with strong contrasts are capable of generating strong reflected and diffracted waves. High-resolution seismic reflection profiling in horizontal shear wave mode can easily image reflectors that are less than 10 meters below the ground surface. This research demonstrates that it is possible to image boulders down to 1 meter in diameter with the Hilbert envelope attribute. In low velocity sediments, SH wave seismic reflections can have sub-meter resolution.
  • Keywords
    geophysical image processing; seismic waves; Hilbert envelope attribute; SH wave seismic reflection; diffracted wave generation; high resolution seismic imaging; high-resolution seismic reflection profiling; horizontal shear wave mode; horizontal shear waves; image reflector; reflected wave generation; shallow subsurface objects; Diffraction; Image resolution; Imaging; Receivers; Reflection; Sediments; Surface waves; Hilbert envelop; reflection; resolution; seismic imaging; shear wave;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Multimedia Technology (ICMT), 2011 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Hangzhou
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-771-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMT.2011.6002139
  • Filename
    6002139