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Full waveform inversion (FWI) is a powerful imaging technique which exploits the richness of seismic waveforms. We further developed FWI to obtain multi-parameter images at high resolution. Here, we involve physical parameters, such as velocities and attenuation of seismic waves as well as mass density, which are essential for a reliable petrophysical characterization of subsurface structures in hydrocarbon exploration, geotechnical applications and underground constructions. Referring to this, we successfully applied FWI to field datasets recorded in the Black Sea and in the shallow-water area of a river delta in the Atlantic Ocean. We obtained detailed subsurface images containing rock formations which might be potential gas deposits. Additionally, we performed synthetic studies as preparatory steps to verify methodological improvements for further field-data applications. Here, we demonstrate resolution capabilities of FWI for imaging geological structures beneath salt bodies, investigate strategies to recover attenuation information from seismic data and perform a joint inversion of surface waves to image the very shallow subsurface.
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The scientific projects in this work are kindly supported by the sponsors of the Wave Inversion Technology (WIT) Consortium and funded by BMWi (grant number 03SX381C). We also gratefully acknowledge financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) through CRC 1173. The computations were performed on the computational resource “ForHLR Phase I” funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg and DFG (“Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft”).
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Kurzmann, A. et al. (2018). Real Data Applications of Seismic Full Waveform Inversion. In: Nagel, W., Kröner, D., Resch, M. (eds) High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering ' 17 . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68394-2_28
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