Seminar in Earth Science

Units arranged [P/D/F] · Graduate

Problems of current interest in geobiology, geochemistry, geology, and geophysics; subject matter varying from term to term.

Fall 2009 · Near-Surface Geophysical Imaging

This graduate level course presents theories, methodologies, and applications of seismic imaging for solving the shallow near-surface (0 - 500 m) effects on the seismic data processing for oil and gas exploration on land. It introduces both conventional and advanced imaging technologies that have been developed in academia and the seismic industry.

Readings

WEEK #: 2 · READINGS: Keho, T., and P. G. Kelamis. “ A New Era in Land Seismic: The Near-Surface Challenge .” SEG Expanded Abstract 28 (2009): 3421-3425. ↗
Reading assignment
Vidale, J. “ Finite-Difference Calculation of Travel Times .” BSSA 78, no. 6 (1988): 2062-2076. ↗
Listed reading
Moser, T. J. “ Shortest Path Calculation of Seismic Rays .” Geophysics 56, no. 1 (1991): 59-67. ↗
Listed reading
Zhang, J., and M. N. Toksoz. “ Nonlinear Refraction Traveltime Tomography .” Geophysics 63, no. 5 (1998): 1726-1737. ↗
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Hill, R. “ Downward Continuation of Refracted Arrivals to Determine Shallow Structures .” Geophysics 52, no. 9 (1987): 1188-1198. ↗
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Zhang, J. “ Refraction Migration: Imaging Multiple Refractors Automatically .” Expanded Abstract , SEG 71st Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana (2006): 2426. ↗
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Sheng, J., A. Leeds, M. Buddensiek, and G. T. Schuster. “ Early Arrival Waveform Tomography on Near-Surface Refraction Data .” Geophysics 71, no. 4 (2006): U47-U57. ↗
Listed reading
Ravaut, C., S. Opero, L. Improta, J. Virieux, A. Herrero, and P. Dell Aversana. “ Multiscale Imaging of Complex Structures from Multifold Wide-Aperture Seismic Data by Frequency-Domain Full-Wave Tomography: Application to a Thrust Belt .” Geophys J Int 159 (2004): 1032-1056. ↗
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Xia, J., R. Miller, and C. B. Park. “Estimation of Near-Surface Shear-Wave Velocity by Inversion of Rayleigh Waves.” Geophysics 64 (1999): 691-700. ( PDF ) ↗
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Ernst, F. “Long-Wavelength Statics Estimation from Guided Waves.” EAGE 2007.
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Ronen, J., and J. F. Claerbout. “ Surface-Consistent Residual Statics Estimation by Stack-Power Maximization .” Geophysics 50 (1985): 2759-2767. ↗
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Hatherly, P., M. Urosevic, A. Lambourne, and B. J. Evans. “ A Simple Approach to Calculating Refraction Statics Corrections .” Geophysics 59 (1994): 156-160. ↗
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WEEK #: 9 · READINGS: Kelamis, et al. “ Velocity-Independent Redauming: A New Approach to the Near-Surface Problem in Land Seismic Data Processing .” TLE (August 2002): 730-735. ↗
Reading assignment
Colombo, D., and M. De Stefano. The Leading Edge (March 2007): 326-331. ( PDF ) ↗
Listed reading
Zhang, J., and D. F. Morgan. “ Detecting Underground Caves Using Joint Seismic and Electrical Imaging Method .” Expanded Abstract, SEG 67th Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas. ↗
Listed reading

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall, Spring) Units arranged [P/D/F] Can be repeated for credit.

Sources

Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2009
MIT OCW readings ↗
MIT OCW syllabus ↗
Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.