高斯束成像方法研究进展综述

兼顾计算效率和成像精度的高斯束偏移成像方法近年来得到广泛应用.一方面高斯束偏移使用动力学射线追踪,解决了传统射线方法的焦散问题,改善了成像效果;另一方面,高斯束方法选择对成像点有贡献的高斯束叠加来计算波场值,无需费时的两点射线追踪,保证了计算效率.本文主要从高斯束叠后偏移、叠前偏移、起伏地表偏移、高斯束逆时偏移、弹性波偏移、各向异性偏移以及高斯束偏移三类优化策略等方面系统地评述了高斯束成像方法的研究进展,并对高斯束偏移方法下一步发展方向进行了初步展望.     

基于有效邻域波场近似的起伏地表保幅高斯束偏移

随着我国陆上地震勘探向复杂地表探区的转移,高精度、适应性强的地震成像方法在地震资料的处理、解释及后续属性分析、储层预测中具有重要意义.本文基于有效邻域波场近似理论发展了一种成像精度更高且适用于复杂起伏地表条件的叠前保幅高斯束偏移方法.在传统水平地表高斯束偏移的基础上,本文根据中心射线附近有效邻域内高斯束表征的近似波场,导出了起伏地表条件下具有相对振幅保持的高斯束偏移公式,并给出了一种精度更高的旁轴射线传播角度计算方法.同现有的高斯束偏移方法相比,本文方法不仅考虑了起伏地表对高斯束走时的线性影响,而且首次引入了由地表高程差异和近地表速度变化引起的二次时差校正项和振幅校正项,使得成像结果更加准确可靠.两个典型模型算例验证了本文方法的正确性和有效性.     

基于汉宁窗函数滤波时间域高斯束成像方法

实际地震数据中通常存在背景噪声及人为干扰信号,传统射线类方法对低信噪比数据成像适应性较差,基于此本文发展了一种适应于低信噪比数据的时间域高斯束成像方法.相比于频率域类束方法,新方法的主要优点包括:(1)频率域高斯束偏移方法需计算每个成像点处各个频率的格林函数,基于时间域高斯束偏移方法无需上述过程,大大提高了计算效率;(2)时间域高斯束公式推导中,直接对地震记录进行局部倾斜叠加并加入汉宁窗滤波处理,对低信噪比数据具有更好的适应性.在实现成像方法的基础上,本文通过对不同信噪比Marmousi炮记录进行模型试算及含噪声实际资料成像试处理表明:时间域高斯束偏移方法能够较为明显地提高低信噪比数据的偏移效果,提高成像方法对实际数据的适应性.     

利用三维高斯射线束成像进行地震定位

常规的地震定位方法通常需要拾取地震记录的初至,当初至不明显或被较高水平的噪声淹没时精度较低.本文采用基于三维高斯射线束的偏移成像方法对震源进行定位,较好地解决了该问题.通过三维高斯射线束对台站记录进行偏移归位,并将各台站成像结果的交点作为地震能量释放的中心位置;当各台站成像结果不能交于一点时,采用三维空间高斯滤波方法可实现震源位置的自动获取.提出的变网格计算方案极大地减少了计算量,显著地提高了成像精度和计算效率.利用首都圈地震台网数据,对涿鹿、滦县以及房山三个地震事件进行试算,结果表明:基于变网格三维高斯束偏移成像的地震定位方法自动化程度很高,而且具有较好的抗噪能力,特别适合处理低信噪比资料的地震定位问题.     

基于匹配追踪稀疏分解的高斯束成像方法

高斯束偏移是一种高效、稳健的深度域成像方法,其不仅保持了射线类偏移的高效、灵活性,而且具有接近波动方程偏移的成像精度.匹配追踪是一种基于匹配寻优算法的信号稀疏分解技术,常用于地震信号的时频分析和去噪处理中.本文将建立在Ricker子波原子库的匹配追踪算法应用于常规的高斯束偏移中,并结合Kirchhoff偏移的单输入道成像方式,发展了一种成像精度更高且适用于低信噪比资料的叠前高斯束成像方法.该方法通过合理地控制匹配追踪稀疏分解的迭代次数,可以有效地去除地震信号中的随机干扰,提高成像结果的信噪比;此外,在偏移过程中,本文方法采用了Kirchhoff偏移的单输入道成像方式,解决了常规高斯束方法对浅层小尺度地质体成像不准的问题,提高浅部反射层的成像精度.两个典型的数值算例验证了本文方法的有效性和适应性.     

矢量黏弹性衰减补偿高斯束偏移

基于弹性波动理论的多波多分量高斯束偏移具有计算效率高和成像准确等优点.但是目前此方法没有考虑实际地下介质的黏弹性对地震波传播的影响,从而无法补偿能量衰减和校正相位畸变,这使得该方法对一些含高黏弹性地层的成像效果不佳.针对衰减区域的成像问题,本文提出一种黏弹性衰减补偿高斯束偏移方法,该方法以多波多分量矢量波场弹性高斯束偏移方法为基础,在偏移过程中沿射线路径通过引入品质因子Q来考虑黏弹性影响并进行衰减补偿.该方法能够在偏移过程中实现PP波和PS波的自动分离及分别成像.同时,本文给出了在矢量波场偏移过程中提取角度域共成像点道集的方法,以便用于成像质量控制,并为后续速度和黏弹性参数反演提供所需的数据.本文利用2D层状模型和洼陷模型进行了方法测试,其成像结果验证了本文所提出的黏弹性衰减补偿高斯束偏移方法的可行性和有效性.     

复杂地表条件下保幅高斯束偏移

高斯束偏移是一种准确、灵活、高效的深度域成像方法,其不但具有接近于波动方程偏移的成像精度,还保留了Kirchhoff偏移灵活、高效的特点以及对复杂地表条件良好的适应性.本文提出了一种适用于复杂地表条件的且具有相对振幅保持特点的高斯束偏移方法.通过考虑地表高程、倾角以及实际的道间距等信息,推导了基于高斯束表示的波场反向延拓公式,并结合反褶积成像条件,得到了复杂地表条件下的共炮域保幅高斯束偏移公式.同原有方法相比,本文方法不但可以直接在起伏的地表面进行局部平面波的分解,具有更高的成像精度,而且可以得到反映地下随角度变化反射系数的成像结果.数值模型的试算验证了上述结论.     

复杂地表条件下叠前菲涅尔束偏移方法

高斯束偏移虽然克服了Kirchhoff偏移不能处理多波至和单程波动方程偏移不能对陡倾构造准确成像的问题,但在复杂地表条件下其偏移精度取决于所选择的初始束宽度,即当初始宽度较小时,近地表成像精度较高,但此时中深层成像质量较差;反之当初始宽度较大时,中深层成像质量提高,但近地表成像精度降低.针对高斯束偏移中深层和浅层成像精度的矛盾,本文发展了一种适用于陆地复杂地表条件的叠前菲涅尔束偏移方法.基于惠更斯-菲涅尔原理,本文首先给出了菲涅尔束的概念及其表征的格林函数,并采用有效邻域波场近似理论和反褶积成像条件,导出了复杂地表条件下叠前保幅深度偏移公式.最后,针对常规旁轴射线追踪中的数值噪音,给出了一种压制策略.同高斯束偏移相比,本文方法不仅解决了中深层和浅层成像精度的矛盾,而且提高了复杂地表条件下平面波的分解精度,使得偏移结果更加准确可靠.典型的模型算例验证了本文方法的有效性和稳健性.     

二维各向异性多波高斯束叠前深度偏移

基于多分量地震资料的深度偏移能够更加充分的利用地震记录上的多波信息,而且地下介质中广泛的存在各向异性,本文提出了一种有效的适用于二维各向异性介质的多波高斯束叠前深度偏移方法.首先基于各向异性射线追踪理论,导出了适用于二维各向异性介质的射线追踪方程组,实现了二维各向异性介质中P波和S波的射线追踪.其次将各向异性射线追踪理论引入到高斯束偏移方法中,分别给出适用于二维各向异性介质的PP波和PS波高斯束叠前深度偏移成像方法.本文成像方法充分考虑各向异性因素对地震波场的影响,能够对存在各向异性介质的地下构造准确偏移归位.通过对不同各向异性介质的数值模型进行PP波和PS波高斯束叠前深度偏移成像测试分析表明,本文方法是一种准确有效的适应于各向异性介质条件的多波叠前深度偏移成像算法.     

TI介质局部角度域高斯束叠前深度偏移成像

各向异性射线理论基础上的局部角度域叠前深度偏移方法能够为深度域构造成像与基于角道集的层析反演提供有力支撑,但是对于复杂地质构造而言,高斯度叠前深度偏移在不失高效、灵活等特点的情况下,具有明显的精度优势.为此,本文研究局部角度域理论框架下的高斯束叠前深度偏移方法.为提高算法效率与实用性,文中讨论了一种从经典弹性参数表征的各向异性介质运动学和动力学射线方程演变而来的由相速度表征的简便形式,并提出了一种比较经济的各向异性高斯束近似合成方案.结合地震波局部角度域成像原理,讨论一种适合高斯束偏移的角度参数计算方法.国际上通用的理论模型合成数据试验表明：相比局部角度域Kirchhoff叠前深度偏移成像方法,本文方法具有更高的成像精度与抗噪能力,既适用于复杂构造成像,也可为TI介质深度域偏移速度分析与模型建立提供高效的偏移引擎.     

Common‐shot Fresnel beam migration based on wave‐field approximation in effective vicinity under complex topographic conditions

Gaussian beam migration is a versatile imaging method for geologically complex land areas, which overcomes the limitation of Kirchhoff migration in imaging multiple arrivals and has no steep‐dip limits of one‐way wave‐equation migration. However, its imaging accuracy depends on the geometry of Gaussian beam that is determined by the initial parameter of dynamic ray tracing. As a result, its applications in exploration areas with strong variations in topography and near‐surface velocity are limited. Combined with the concept of Fresnel zone and the theory of wave‐field approximation in effective vicinity, we present a more robust common‐shot Fresnel beam imaging method for complex topographic land areas in this paper. Compared with the conventional Gaussian beam migration for irregular topography, our method improves the beam geometry by limiting its effective half‐width with Fresnel zone radius. Moreover, through a quadratic travel‐time correction and an amplitude correction that is based on the wave‐field approximation in effective vicinity, it gives an accurate method for plane‐wave decomposition at complex topography, which produces good imaging results in both shallow and deep zones. Trials of two typical models and its application in field data demonstrated the validity and robustness of our method.     

Gabor‐frame‐based Gaussian packet migration

We present a Gaussian packet migration method based on Gabor frame decomposition and asymptotic propagation of Gaussian packets. A Gaussian packet has both Gaussian‐shaped time–frequency localization and space–direction localization. Its evolution can be obtained by ray tracing and dynamic ray tracing. In this paper, we first briefly review the concept of Gaussian packets. After discussing how initial parameters affect the shape of a Gaussian packet, we then propose two Gabor‐frame‐based Gaussian packet decomposition methods that can sparsely and accurately represent seismic data. One method is the dreamlet–Gaussian packet method. Dreamlets are physical wavelets defined on an observation plane and can represent seismic data efficiently in the local time–frequency space–wavenumber domain. After decomposition, dreamlet coefficients can be easily converted to the corresponding Gaussian packet coefficients. The other method is the Gabor‐frame Gaussian beam method. In this method, a local slant stack, which is widely used in Gaussian beam migration, is combined with the Gabor frame decomposition to obtain uniform sampled horizontal slowness for each local frequency. Based on these decomposition methods, we derive a poststack depth migration method through the summation of the backpropagated Gaussian packets and the application of the imaging condition. To demonstrate the Gaussian packet evolution and migration/imaging in complex models, we show several numerical examples. We first use the evolution of a single Gaussian packet in media with different complexities to show the accuracy of Gaussian packet propagation. Then we test the point source responses in smoothed varying velocity models to show the accuracy of Gaussian packet summation. Finally, using poststack synthetic data sets of a four‐layer model and the two‐dimensional SEG/EAGE model, we demonstrate the validity and accuracy of the migration method. Compared with the more accurate but more time‐consuming one‐way wave‐equation‐based migration, such as beamlet migration, the Gaussian packet method proposed in this paper can correctly image the major structures of the complex model, especially in subsalt areas, with much higher efficiency. This shows the application potential of Gaussian packet migration in complicated areas.     

2D共炮时间域高斯波束偏移

针对传统射线方法在奇异区成像精度不高,而2D频率域高斯波束叠前深度偏移需要计算成像点处每个频率的格林函数,影响计算效率的问题,本文通过使用复走时代替实走时,改变频率域下成像公式的积分顺序,给出了在时间域下进行高斯波束偏移的方法和计算公式.本文使用复杂数值模型验证了2D时间域高斯波束叠前偏移方法的正确性,并同传统射线偏移成像结果做了对比.对比结果表明时间域高斯波束偏移在成像精度上优于传统射线偏移.     

基于吸收衰减补偿的多分量高斯束逆时偏移

高斯束逆时偏移结合了射线类偏移的高计算效率和波动方程逆时偏移的高精度,能很好地处理焦散点、大倾角成像问题,并且具有面向目标成像的能力.多分量地震资料的偏移技术可以对地下复杂构造进行更准确的成像,由于实际地下介质具有黏滞性,研究黏弹性叠前逆时偏移具有一定的现实意义.本文采用高斯束逆时偏移方法对多分量地震数据进行吸收衰减补偿,首先分别给出纵波和转换波共炮域高斯束叠前逆时偏移方法原理,在此基础上推导补偿吸收衰减的表达式,校正Q引起的振幅衰减和相位畸变,实现基于吸收衰减补偿的多分量高斯束叠前逆时偏移.数值模型的测试结果显示,在考虑地下介质的黏滞性时,本文方法具有更高的成像分辨率.     

基于高斯束传播算子的成像域走时层析成像方法

层析反演是速度建模中最重要的方法之一,结合偏移成像在成像域进行走时层析速度反演是当前比较成熟有效且广泛应用的技术.本文从高斯束偏移成像条件出发,在波动方程的一阶Born近似和Rytov近似下,推导了成像域走时扰动与速度扰动的线性关系,建立了成像域走时层析方程及其显式表达的层析核函数.该核函数的本质是有限频层析核函数,利用该核函数替换常规射线层析核函数可以明显提高层析反演精度.该核函数的计算关键是背景波场格林函数的计算,本文利用高斯束传播算子计算格林函数进而得到走时层析核函数,实现方式灵活高效且计算精度较高.基于高斯束传播算子的偏移成像与层析成像相结合进行深度域建模迭代,体现了速度建模与偏移成像一体化的思想.数值计算及实际数据应用证明了基于高斯束传播算子的成像域走时层析方法的有效性.     

Numerical modeling of Gaussian beam propagation and diffraction in inhomogeneous media based on the complex eikonal equation

Gaussian beam is an important complex geometrical optical technology for modeling seismic wave propagation and diffraction in the subsurface with complex geological structure. Current methods for Gaussian beam modeling rely on the dynamic ray tracing and the evanescent wave tracking. However, the dynamic ray tracing method is based on the paraxial ray approximation and the evanescent wave tracking method cannot describe strongly evanescent fields. This leads to inaccuracy of the computed wave fields in the region with a strong inhomogeneous medium. To address this problem, we compute Gaussian beam wave fields using the complex phase by directly solving the complex eikonal equation. In this method, the fast marching method, which is widely used for phase calculation, is combined with Gauss–Newton optimization algorithm to obtain the complex phase at the regular grid points. The main theoretical challenge in combination of this method with Gaussian beam modeling is to address the irregular boundary near the curved central ray. To cope with this challenge, we present the non-uniform finite difference operator and a modified fast marching method. The numerical results confirm the proposed approach.     

Calculation of Synthetic Seismograms with Gaussian Beams

— In this paper, an overview of the calculation of synthetic seismograms using the Gaussian beam method is presented accompanied by some representative applications and new extensions of the method. Since caustics are a frequent occurrence in seismic wave propagation, modifications to ray theory are often necessary. In the Gaussian beam method, a summation of paraxial Gaussian beams is used to describe the propagation of high-frequency wave fields in smoothly varying inhomogeneous media. Since the beam components are always nonsingular, the method provides stable results over a range of beam parameters. The method has been shown, however, to perform better for some problems when different combinations of beam parameters are used. Nonetheless, with a better understanding of the method as well as new extensions, the summation of Gaussian beams will continue to be a useful tool for the modeling of high-frequency seismic waves in heterogeneous media.