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Obtaining high-resolution images of the geology and hydrogeology of the subsurface in the depth range from ground level to 50 m is one of the major challenges of modern geophysics. The methods which are commonly used (such as compressional-wave surveys and ground-penetrating radar) often suffer from adverse effects caused by the near-surface conditions, changes in water saturation and various sources of noise. This paper demonstrates some of the advantages offered by the use of shear-wave seismology and by the combination of shear- and compressional-wave seismic methods in shallow subsurface investigations.
Multicomponent shallow seismic tests were carried out at four different sites to examine the effectiveness of different acquisition geometries under a variety of near-surface geological conditions. Near-surface conditions encountered at the sites included thick clays, clay/sand sequences overlying Chalk, mudstone overlying granodiorite bedrock and landfill material.
Under all conditions, shear-wave data acquisition was found to have advantages over compressional-wave acquisition for the investigation of the shallow subsurface. Shear head waves, being unaffected by water saturation, achieved penetration to greater depths at a site in Crewkerne, Dorset where compressional head-wave penetration was limited to the near-surface layers. Better vertical resolution was achieved at shallow depths using shear-wave reflection energy at a landfill site. Shear-wave reflections from shallow interfaces were in some cases less affected by noise compared with the equivalent compressional-wave reflections. Combinations of shear- and compressional-wave data recording allowed the measurement of a Poisson's ratio log and gave indications of seismic anisotropy at two sites where dipping clay layers were present. 相似文献
Multicomponent shallow seismic tests were carried out at four different sites to examine the effectiveness of different acquisition geometries under a variety of near-surface geological conditions. Near-surface conditions encountered at the sites included thick clays, clay/sand sequences overlying Chalk, mudstone overlying granodiorite bedrock and landfill material.
Under all conditions, shear-wave data acquisition was found to have advantages over compressional-wave acquisition for the investigation of the shallow subsurface. Shear head waves, being unaffected by water saturation, achieved penetration to greater depths at a site in Crewkerne, Dorset where compressional head-wave penetration was limited to the near-surface layers. Better vertical resolution was achieved at shallow depths using shear-wave reflection energy at a landfill site. Shear-wave reflections from shallow interfaces were in some cases less affected by noise compared with the equivalent compressional-wave reflections. Combinations of shear- and compressional-wave data recording allowed the measurement of a Poisson's ratio log and gave indications of seismic anisotropy at two sites where dipping clay layers were present. 相似文献
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Shallow SH-wave reflections are far from routine, although their study can provide insights into important properties of near-surface materials that cannot be inferred from P-wave data alone. Difficulties in separating SH-wave reflections from Love waves are generally considered the major obstacle to progress in shallow SH-wave seismic reflection. This may be the case in surveys undertaken at great depths, but it is not necessarily true for reflection data gathered at shallow and ultra-shallow depths. This paper shows that when SH-wave data possess wavelengths greater than the thickness of the superficial layer, Love waves are not greatly dispersed. In this case, misinterpretation between parts of reflection hyperbolae and waveguide arrivals is sufficiently limited. In a one-layer model earth, which well approximates typical situations of the near-surface underground, the most energetic modes (the lowermost modes) of the dispersed surface waves have a dominant frequency band that falls below the wavelet spectrum of the shallow reflections; therefore, they can be filtered out in the frequency domain. Higher modes, although their spectral content overlaps that of the reflections, exhibit small amplitudes on seismograms and leave strong reflections unaffected.We present field examples from three different sites where we were able to obtain ultra-shallow reflections (< 3 m) in unconsolidated sediments. The high level of resolution (vertical resolution up to 15 cm) suggests that SH-wave reflection imaging has the potential to complement other high-resolution techniques, such as P-wave reflection and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) imaging, allowing a better and more complete characterization of the near-surface environments. 相似文献
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Geoelectrical sounding profiles were collected on the southern part of the Fraser River delta, to provide a geophysical estimate of the subsurface structure and geotechnical properties. The differences between emergent and intertidal areas were assessed, and the geoelectric technique was found to be a viable one in an intermittently exposed tidal-flat environment. The subsurface geoelectric structure provides a link between reflection seismic data sets for Georgia Strait and the lower mainland. The survey was intentionally designed to complement the conventional exploration information for this basin and the shallow high-resolution seismic and drilling which focused on the unconsolidated Quaternary section. The electrical models consist of three layers: (I) electrically-conductive, porous, saturated and under-saturated marine silts, sands and gravels, overlying (II) less conductive and more consolidated marine clays, and variably reworked glaciomarine deposits together with weathered clastic sedimentary bedrock, which in turn overlies (III) less porous, more resistive, relatively unweathered bedrock. Estimates of thickness and geotechnical properties are obtained for shallow layers which are not available from either the short boreholes or shallow high-resolution seismic lines. This information is particularly useful in appraising the liquefaction potential of the unconsolidated layers due to earthquake risk. 相似文献
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The origin and nature of seismic reflections of sharp-based shoreface deposits (upper Jurassic Siliciclastics, northern France) 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
H. Braaksma G.G. Drijkoningen N. Filippidou J.A.M. Kenter J.N. Proust 《Geophysical Prospecting》2006,54(2):211-236
In order to advance understanding of the relationship between geological properties and their physical expression in reflection images, this study has focused expertise in reflection geophysics, petrophysics and sedimentology on the same geological object, in this case a succession of Upper Jurassic sharp‐based shoreface deposits embedded in offshore marine shales in northern France. This integrated approach to determine firstly the origin and nature of seismic reflections (calibration) and secondly to provide a means of extracting geological information from seismic imagery (inverse calibration) was built on the following analytical steps. Firstly, detailed and extensive petrophysical analyses of outcrop (plug) samples, continuous core and sonic well logs, in combination with a quantification of mineralogical and textural properties, allowed a direct conversion of acoustic properties (impedance) into sedimentological properties, resulting in a quantitative physical sequence stratigraphic model. Secondly, the integration of scale‐dependent acoustic measurements, ranging from 0.01 m and 320 kHz on cores up to the wavelength of field seismic data was established using an averaging algorithm (an effective‐medium‐theory type) as an upscaling approach. This alternative to a VSP or check shot allows an optimized depth–time conversion and hence determination of the origin of the seismic reflections with previously unattainable accuracy. Finally, the shape and scale dependence of impedance contrasts were integrated into so‐called singularity parameters that directly link depositional changes with information from seismic reflections: depositional changes in the shallow‐water domain are generally characterized by step functions, whereas those in more distal depositional environments are represented by spiky functions. This approach allows the recognition of the associated reflection events and, vice versa, it provides a unique opportunity to extract the character of impedance changes, and thus changes in depositional environment, from seismic reflection records in general. This integrated and multiscale characterization of sharp‐based shoreface deposits calibrates the typical reflection patterns for such sedimentary units. These include continuous high‐amplitude smooth and flat tops, discontinuous sharp basal reflections with variable amplitude, and complex sigmoidal high‐amplitude reflections within the compound shoreface deposits. In addition, the results of this study, by detailing the effects of scale and frequency on impedance changes, improve the identification of similar deposits in subsurface seismic data and the extraction of maximum amounts of geological information beyond seismic resolution. 相似文献
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Mathieu J. Duchesne E. Julie Halliday J. Vaughn Barrie 《Journal of Applied Geophysics》2011,73(2):111-120
Combining time–amplitude and time–frequency information from seismic reflection data sets of different resolutions allows the analysis of anomalous reflections from very-shallow to great subsurface depths. Thus, it can enhance the imaging of subsurface features which have a frequency-dependent reflectivity such as gas. Analysing seismic data of different resolution in the time–amplitude and time–frequency domains is a powerful method to determine hydrocarbon migration pathways from deep reservoirs to the seafloor. This interpretation method has been applied to the formerly-glaciated offshore Queen Charlotte Basin hosting several seafloor pockmarks and mounds associated with the leakage of underlying hydrocarbon reservoirs. Low-frequency shadows observed in the time–frequency domain provide evidence of different resolutions that several anomalous reflection amplitudes may be attributed to the occurrence of gas. The seismic imagery shows that gas uses a fault to migrate from deep reservoirs included in Upper Mesozoic strata towards secondary reservoirs located along the fault plane into Neogene layers. Once gas reaches a porous cut-and-fill succession, migration changes from structurally- to stratigraphically-controlled before gas leaks through unconsolidated Quaternary sediments forming the shallow subsurface to eventually seep at the seafloor where pockmarks and carbonate mounds are formed. 相似文献
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Trans‐dimensional Bayesian inversion of controlled‐source electromagnetic data in the German North Sea 
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下载免费PDF全文 Romina A. S. Gehrmann Jan Dettmer Katrin Schwalenberg Martin Engels Stan E. Dosso Asli Özmaral 《Geophysical Prospecting》2015,63(6):1314-1333
This paper presents the first controlled‐source electromagnetic survey carried out in the German North Sea with a recently developed seafloor‐towed electrical dipole–dipole system, i.e., HYDRA II. Controlled‐source electromagnetic data are measured, processed, and inverted in the time domain to estimate an electrical resistivity model of the sub‐seafloor. The controlled‐source electromagnetic survey targeted a shallow, phase‐reversed, seismic reflector, which potentially indicates free gas. To compare the resistivity model to reflection seismic data and draw a combined interpretation, we apply a trans‐dimensional Bayesian inversion that estimates model parameters and uncertainties, and samples probabilistically over the number of layers of the resistivity model. The controlled‐source electromagnetic data errors show time‐varying correlations, and we therefore apply a non‐Toeplitz data covariance matrix in the inversion that is estimated from residual analysis. The geological interpretation drawn from controlled‐source electromagnetic inversion results and borehole and reflection seismic data yield resistivities of ～1 Ωm at the seafloor, which are typical for fine‐grained marine deposits, whereas resistivities below ～20 mbsf increase to 2–4 Ωm and can be related to a transition from fine‐grained (Holocene age) to unsorted, coarse‐grained, and compacted glacial sediments (Pleistocene age). Interface depths from controlled‐source electromagnetic inversion generally match the seismic reflector related to the contrast between the different depositional environments. Resistivities decrease again at greater depths to ～1 Ωm with a minimum resistivity at ～300 mbsf where a seismic reflector (that marks a major flooding surface of late Miocene age) correlates with an increased gamma‐ray count, indicating an increased amount of fine‐grained sediments. We suggest that the grain size may have a major impact on the electrical resistivity of the sediment with lower resistivities for fine‐grained sediments. Concerning the phase‐reversed seismic reflector that was targeted by the survey, controlled‐source electromagnetic inversion results yield no indication for free gas below it as resistivities are generally elevated above the reflector. We suggest that the elevated resistivities are caused by an overall decrease in porosity in the glacial sediments and that the seismic reflector could be caused by an impedance contrast at a thin low‐velocity layer. Controlled‐source electromagnetic interface depths near the reflector are quite uncertain and variable. We conclude that the seismic interface cannot be resolved with the controlled‐source electromagnetic data, but the thickness of the corresponding resistive layer follows the trend of the reflector that is inclined towards the west. 相似文献
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Dennis Woodward 《Journal of Applied Geophysics》1994,31(1-4)
The US Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Drilling Company of Abu Dhabi, is conducting a 4-year study of the fresh and slightly saline groundwater resources of the eastern Abu Dhabi Emirate. Most of this water occurs in a shallow aquifer, generally less than 150 m deep, in the Al Ain area. A critical part of the Al Ain area coincides with a former petroleum concession area where about 2780 km of vibroseis data were collected along 94 seismic lines during 1981–1983. Field methods, acquistion parameters, and section processing were originally designed to enhance reflections expected at depths ranging from 5000 to 6000 m, and subsurface features directly associated with the shallow aquifer system were deleted from the original seismic sections. The original field tapes from the vibroseis survey were reprocessed in an attempt to extract shallow subsurface information (depths less than 550 m) for investigating the shallow aquifer.A unique sequence of reproccessing parameters was established after reviewing the results from many experimental tests. Many enhancements to the resolution of shallow seismic reflections resulted from: (1) application of a 20-Hz, low-cut filter; (2) recomputation of static corrections to a datum nearer the land surface; (3) intensive velocity analyses; and (4) near-trace muting analyses. The number, resolution, and lateral continuity of shallow reflections were greatly enhanced on the reprocessed sections, as was the delineation of shallow, major faults. Reflections on a synthetic seismogram, created from a borehole drilled to a depth of 786 m on seismic line IQS-11, matcheddprecisely with shallow reflections on the reprocessed section. The 33 reprocessed sections were instrumental in preparing a map showing the major structural features that affect the shallow aquifer system. Analysis of the map provides a better understanding of the effect of these shallow features on the regional occurrence, movement, and quality of groundwater in the concession area. Results from this study demonstrate that original seismic field tapes collected for deep petroleum exploration can be reprocessed to explore for groundwater. 相似文献
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Seismic reflection data were acquired across volcanic hosted massive sulfides (VHMS) of Vihanti in order to improve the understanding of the regional geological setting. Commercially processed seismic data from Vihanti are of good quality, but reprocessing can be used to extract additional information about geological structures. Especially, careful velocity analysis influences the quality of seismic images. Differentiating reflections caused by fractures from those caused by lithological contacts is very important for exploration and geological modeling. Reflections from fracture zones known from drilling stack with lower velocity (~ 5100 m/s) compared to typical stacking velocities of the Vihanti area (> 5500 m/s). The reprocessing also indicated that fracture zones are better imaged with low frequencies due to the better overall continuity of the fault zones at scales of hundreds of meters rather than at shorter seismic wavelengths.In full stacks, long offset data can mask structure close to the surface. More detailed seismic images of the shallow subsurface emerged by preferentially stacking short offset data wherever acquisition and processing lines lay close together and were nearly straight. Long offset data remains valuable for imaging deeper structures as well as dipping reflectors. Cross-dip-analysis revealed a bright diffractor located near the base of the Vihanti volcanic basin at 1.5 km depth. The seismic data allow a geological interpretation in which the Vihanti structure has developed through significant thrust faulting and displacement of the lithological contacts. Gentle folds that were formed prior to faulting are visible as undulating reflectivity in seismic sections. The reprocessed seismic section indicates a potential deep extension of the ore-hosting altered volcanic and calc-silicate rocks previously unexplored. 相似文献
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Adnan Ahmad Khan Asam Farid Gulraiz Akhter Khyzer Munir James Small Zulfiqar Ahmad 《Surveys in Geophysics》2016,37(3):579-599
The study describes a methodology used to integrate legacy resistivity data with limited geological data in order to build three-dimensional models of the near subsurface. Variogram analysis and inversion techniques more typically found in the petroleum industry are applied to a set of 1D resistivity data taken from electrical surveys conducted in the 1980s. Through careful integration with limited geological data collected from boreholes and outcrops, the resultant model can be visualized in three dimensions to depict alluvium layers as lithological and structural units within the bedrock. By tuning the variogram parameters to account for directionality, it is possible to visualize the individual lithofacies and geomorphological features in the subsurface. In this study, an electrical resistivity data set collected as part of a groundwater study in an area of the Peshawar basin in Pakistan has been re-examined. Additional lithological logs from boreholes throughout the area have been combined with local outcrop information to calibrate the data. Tectonic activity during the Himalayan orogeny has caused uplift in the area and generated significant faulting in the bedrock resulting in the formation of depressions which are identified by low resistivity values representing clays. Paleo-streams have reworked these clays which have been eroded and replaced by gravel–sand facies along paleo-channels. It is concluded that the sediments have been deposited as prograding fan-shaped bodies and lacustrine deposits with interlayered gravel–sand and clay–silt facies. The Naranji area aquifer system has thus been formed as a result of local tectonic activity with fluvial erosion and deposition and is characterized by coarse sediments with high electrical resistivities. 相似文献
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KIM BAK OLSEN 《Geophysical Prospecting》1989,37(5):455-465
Multiple coverage reflection seismic data provide an important source of information concerning the subsurface. However, due to the stacking and migration techniques used in the processing, the first arrivals are muted and details about the upper part of the sections are generally lost. This paper describes a computerized method for the inverse modelling of laterally varying velocities and shallow depths which are not sufficiently resolved in the reflection seismic processing. The method minimizes, in a least-squares manner, the difference between the observed first arrivals, picked from the reflection traces, and a set of synthetic traveltimes, calculated by ray tracing in a cell model. An initial model, e.g. from a priori knowledge or the application of a conventional interpretation method, is refined iteratively until no further essential improvement can be achieved. Traditional first-arrival inversion methods cannot, in general, provide such flexible modelling. The technique is successfully tested on synthetic data as well as on first arrivals picked automatically from the records of a reflection seismic survey in North Jutland, Denmark. 相似文献
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A singular-value decomposition technique is presented for quantifying the information content of band-limited and offset-limited seismic reflection data for the case of plane-layered subsurface models. With the aid of this method, vertical resolution, tuning effects and ambiguities between different types of lithological parameters can be analysed simultaneously. The method is applied in a model study for quantifying the effects of offset-limitation and the presence of different wavetypes on the ability to discriminate different types of parameters. 相似文献
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The key processes in marine seismic imaging include (i) removing from seismic data all seismic events (free-surface multiples and ghosts) which contain at least one reflection at the sea surface in their wave-propagation path, and leaving those with no reflection at the free surface (internal multiples and primaries), (ii) removing events with at least two reflections in the subsurface (internal multiples), and leaving events with only one reflection in the subsurface (primaries), and then (iii) locating the scattering points and reflectors inside the subsurface which are the sources of primaries and internal multiple events. All these processes are here explained, derived, and optimized via scattering diagrams (diagrammatica) in a way similar to the way the quantum field theory is often explained via Feynman diagrams. Our discussion of the removal of events with free-surface reflections from the data will be brief, as the diagrammatica of these events are now well understood.The main focus of this paper is the diagrammatica of internal multiples and primaries. Although these events do not contain any reflection at the sea surface, it is important to reconstruct them with scattering points near the sea surface, where seismic data are recorded. So our diagrammatica of primaries and internal multiples include events which are not directly recorded in seismic data but which can be constructed from seismic data. These events have allowed us to construct scattering diagrams of primaries and internal multiples with scattering points near the sea surface. Furthermore, these new diagrammatica of internal multiples and primaries can be used to remove internal multiples from the data. 相似文献
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Identifying the sources of crustal reflections is essential for deriving more geological information from deep crustal reflection profiles. Theoretical and model studies help place constraints on the role of compositional variation in producing deep crustal reflections. Analysis of laboratory-derived velocities and densities of rock types typical for the continental crust indicates that reflection coefficients are generally small, but significantly, 17% of the possible reflection coefficients have magnitudes between 0.1 and 0.2. Comparison between reflection coefficients derived from well logs and reflections observed in associated seismic profiles indicates that constructive interference associated with geological layering is at least as important as the magnitude of the reflection coefficients for producing detectable reflections. Constructive interference can increase reflection amplitude by two to three times but is limited to a relatively narrow range of layer thickness. For a typical 10–40 Hz seismic wavelet and typical crustal velocities of about 6 km/s, constructive interference occurs for layer thickness ranging between about 35 and 80 m. Layers thinner than 35 m interfere destructively. If reflections result from compositional variation, seismic models of hypothetical and observed geologic relations provide analogs for interpreting complex reflection patterns observed in deep crustal reflection profiles. Such models show reflection patterns similar to those observed in the reflection profiles. The models indicate that the reflections could originate in the complexly deformed and intruded terranes that are common in the crystalline crust and it may not be necessary to appeal to unobserved phenomena such as special lamellae or fluid-filled fractures to explain the reflections. 相似文献
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Due to increase in population and agricultural activities, the aquifer of Quetta Valley is under tremendous stress and the water table is declining at an increasing rate. This situation necessitates evaluation of the aquifer system, for which information about geometry of the aquifer is a prerequisite. However, there are no drilling-to-bedrock data available; therefore, electrical resistivity, seismic reflection and gravity methods were employed to determine geometry of the aquifer. Interpretation of vertical electrical soundings provided information about the depth-tobedrock at some specific points, whereas seismic reflection delineated bedrock topography along two lines. The depths to bedrock inferred from electrical resistivity and seismic reflection data were used as constraints in the modeling of gravity data. 2.75D gravity models were constructed along lines with a regular spacing. Map of depth-to-bedrock was prepared by contouring the depth given by the gravity models. Combination of these geophysical methods depicted the geometry of the aquifer. This example shows that in a similar geological setting proper integration of geophysical exploration methods can determine the aquifer geometry with an acceptable reliability and at an appropriate cost. 相似文献
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常规的地震道反演方法建立在反射P波垂直入射假设 的基础上,而实际地震资料采集时多数是非零炮检距的，反射振幅是共中心点道集叠加的结 果 . 因此，利用常规地震道反演方法就不能得到可靠的波阻抗或其他岩性信息. 本文利用Patr ick Connolly弹性阻抗的思想，通过对Zoeppritz方程的进一步简化，推导出适合常规叠后 资料的、非零炮检距条件下纵波反射系数递推公式，提出了广义弹性阻抗的概念，解决了非 零炮检距条件下，常规叠后地震道正反演的关键问题. 广义弹性阻抗不仅包含波阻抗，还包 含了纵横波速度等岩性信息，具有很好的实用价值. 进行广义弹性阻抗的反演，能较常规地 震道反演获得更多、更可靠的流体、孔隙度、砂泥含量等信息，有助于解释常规地震道反演 和道积分剖面中的假象，降低反演的多解性，提高储层预测的精度. 相似文献
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砂土液化深度历来是工程界颇为关心的问题.以往研究砂土液化深度多靠间接或宏观的方法, 因而取得的结果彼此间差别很大, 本文提出一种建立在喷砂同地下砂层直接对比基础上的矿物学方法.唐山地震之后, 作者等收集北京通县的西集、王庄(以上为 Ⅷ 度烈度区), 河北香河县的骡子王、渠口、县城大气所(以上为 Ⅶ 度区)等五个钻孔剖面上的砂样及地表喷砂、并进行矿物与颗粒成分的研究.结果表明, 西集喷砂同地下12.26米砂层类似;王庄喷砂同地下11.02米砂层类似;骡子王喷砂同地下12.3米砂层类似;大气所喷砂同地下9.2米砂层类似;渠口喷砂同地下11.28米砂层类似.据此可以认为, 唐山地震时北京通县与河北香河等地的 Ⅶ 和 Ⅷ 度烈度区的最大液化深度不超过12.30米, 变化在9.2——12.30米之间, Ⅶ 度区有可能更浅些. 相似文献
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Semiautomatic and Automatic Cooperative Inversion of Seismic and Magnetotelluric Data 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
Cuong V. A. Le Brett D. Harris Andrew M. Pethick Eric M. Takam Takougang Brendan Howe 《Surveys in Geophysics》2016,37(5):845-896
Natural source electromagnetic methods have the potential to recover rock property distributions from the surface to great depths. Unfortunately, results in complex 3D geo-electrical settings can be disappointing, especially where significant near-surface conductivity variations exist. In such settings, unconstrained inversion of magnetotelluric data is inexorably non-unique. We believe that: (1) correctly introduced information from seismic reflection can substantially improve MT inversion, (2) a cooperative inversion approach can be automated, and (3) massively parallel computing can make such a process viable. Nine inversion strategies including baseline unconstrained inversion and new automated/semiautomated cooperative inversion approaches are applied to industry-scale co-located 3D seismic and magnetotelluric data sets. These data sets were acquired in one of the Carlin gold deposit districts in north-central Nevada, USA. In our approach, seismic information feeds directly into the creation of sets of prior conductivity model and covariance coefficient distributions. We demonstrate how statistical analysis of the distribution of selected seismic attributes can be used to automatically extract subvolumes that form the framework for prior model 3D conductivity distribution. Our cooperative inversion strategies result in detailed subsurface conductivity distributions that are consistent with seismic, electrical logs and geochemical analysis of cores. Such 3D conductivity distributions would be expected to provide clues to 3D velocity structures that could feed back into full seismic inversion for an iterative practical and truly cooperative inversion process. We anticipate that, with the aid of parallel computing, cooperative inversion of seismic and magnetotelluric data can be fully automated, and we hold confidence that significant and practical advances in this direction have been accomplished. 相似文献
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We present high-resolution reflection seismic data from four lines (total 1.9 km) that cross a quick-clay landslide scar located close to the shore of the Göta River in southwest Sweden, and compare the results with geotechnical data from boreholes. The seismic data allow the imaging of bedrock topography and normally to weakly consolidated sediments to a subsurface depth of about 100 m. Different types of seismic sources, including sledgehammer, accelerated weight-drop and dynamite were utilized and compared with each other. Analysis of their power spectra suggests that weight-drop and dynamite have higher frequency content and energy than the sledgehammer, which makes these two sources suitable also for waveform tomography and surface-wave data analysis. The shallowest non-bedrock reflector is observed at about 10–20 m below the surface, it overlays the bedrock, and is interpreted to originate from the contact between clay formations above and a coarse-grained layer below. The coarse-grained layer appears to be spatially linked to the presence of quick-clays. It is a regional scale formation, laterally heterogeneous, which deepens to the west of the study area and correlates well with the available geotechnical data. Continuity of the coarse-grained layer becomes obscured by the landslide scar. There may be a link between the coarse-grained layer and landslides in the study area, although this possibility requires further hydrogeological and geotechnical investigations. Reflectors from the top of the bedrock suggest a depression zone with its deepest point below the landslide scar and a bowl-shaped structure in the northern portion of one of the seismic lines. 相似文献