Inversion of ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS) waveforms for oceanic crust structure: a synthetic study |
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| Authors: | Xueyan Li Yanbin Wang Yongshun John Chen |
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| Institution: | Department of Geophysics, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China |
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| Abstract: | The waveform inversion method is applied—using synthetic ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS) data—to study oceanic crust structure. A niching genetic algorithm (NGA) is used to implement the inversion for the thickness and P-wave velocity of each layer, and to update the model by minimizing the objective function, which consists of the misfit and cross-correlation of observed and synthetic waveforms. The influence of specific NGA method parameters is discussed, and suitable values are presented. The NGA method works well for various observation systems, such as those with irregular and sparse distribution of receivers as well as single receiver systems. A strategy is proposed to accelerate the convergence rate by a factor of five with no increase in computational complexity; this is achieved using a first inversion with several generations to impose a restriction on the preset range of each parameter and then conducting a second inversion with the new range. Despite the successes of this method, its usage is limited. A shallow water layer is not favored because the direct wave in water will suppress the useful reflection signals from the crust. A more precise calculation of the air-gun source signal should be considered in order to better simulate waveforms generated in realistic situations; further studies are required to investigate this issue. |
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| Keywords: | Waveform inversion OBS Oceanic crustal structure Niching genetic algorithm |
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