A STATISTICAL APPROACH TO THE EXTRACTION OF THE SEISMIC PROPAGATING WAVELET*

A model of the seismic trace is generally given as a convolution between the propagating wavelet and the reflectivity series of the earth and normally it is assumed that a white noise is added to the trace. The knowledge of the propagating wavelet is the basic point to estimate the reflectivity series from the seismic trace. In this paper a statistical method of wavelet extraction from several seismic traces, assuming the wavelet to be unique, is discussed. This method allows one to obtain the propagating wavelet without any classical limitative assumptions on the phase spectrum. Furthermore, a phase unwrapping method is suggested and some statistical properties of the phase spectrum of the reflectivity traces are examined.     

PARTIAL COHERENCE MATCHING OF SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAMS WITH SEISMIC TRACES*

A crucial step in the use of synthetic seismograms is the estimation of the filtering needed to convert the synthetic reflection spike sequence into a clearly recognizable approximation of a given seismic trace. In the past the filtering has been effected by a single wavelet, usually found by trial and error, and evaluated by eye. Matching can be made more precise than this by using spectral estimation procedures to determine the contribution of primaries and other reflection components to the seismic trace. The wavelet or wavelets that give the least squares best fit to the trace can be found, the errors of fit estimated, and statistics developed for testing whether a valid match can be made. If the composition of the seismogram is assumed to be known (e.g. that it consists solely of primaries and internal multiples) the frequency response of the best fit wavelet is simply the ratio of the cross spectrum between the synthetic spike sequence and the seismic trace to the power spectrum of the synthetic spike sequence, and the statistics of the match are related to the ordinary coherence function. Usually the composition cannot be assumed to be known (e.g. multiples of unknown relative amplitude may be present), and the synthetic sequence has to be split into components that contribute in different ways to the seismic trace. The matching problem is then to determine what filters should be applied to these components, regarded as inputs to a multichannel filter, in order to best fit the seismic trace, regarded as a noisy output. Partial coherence analysis is intended for just this problem. It provides fundamental statistics for the match, and it cannot be properly applied without interpreting these statistics. A useful and concise statistic is the ratio of the power in the total filtered synthetic trace to the power in the errors of fit. This measures the overall goodness-of-fit of the least squares match. It corresponds to a coherent (signal) to incoherent (noise) power ratio. Two limits can be set on it: an upper one equal to the signal-to-noise ratio estimated from the seismic data themselves, and a lower one defined from the distribution of the goodness-of-fit ratios yielded by matching with random noise of the same bandwidth and duration as the seismic trace segment. A match can be considered completely successful if its goodness-of-fit reaches the upper limit; it is rejected if the goodness-of-fit falls below the lower one.     

Determination of dispersive phase velocities for SASW method using harmonic wavelet transform

The spectral analysis of surface waves (SASW) method is an in situ, seismic method for determining the shear wave velocity (or maximum shear modulus) profile of a site. The SASW test consists of three steps: field testing, evaluation of dispersion curve by phase unwrapping method, and determination of shear modulus profile by inversion process. In general, field testing and dispersion curve evaluation are regarded as simple work. However, because of characteristic of Fourier transform used in the conventional phase unwrapping method, dispersion curve is sensitive to background noise and body waves in the low frequency range. Furthermore, under some field conditions such as pavement site, the usual phase unwrapping method can lead to erroneous dispersion curve. To overcome problem of the usual phase unwrapping method, in this paper, a new method of determining dispersion curve for SASW method was applied using time–frequency analysis based on harmonic wavelet transform as an alternative method of a current phase unwrapping method. To estimate the applicability of proposed method to SASW method, numerical simulations at various layered soil and pavement profiles were performed and the dispersion curves by proposed method are more reliable than those by the usual phase unwrapping method.     

Nonstationary deconvolution using maximum kurtosis optimization

Deconvolution is an essential step for high-resolution imaging in seismic data processing. The frequency and phase of the seismic wavelet change through time during wave propagation as a consequence of seismic absorption. Therefore, wavelet estimation is the most vital step of deconvolution, which plays the main role in seismic processing and inversion. Gabor deconvolution is an effective method to eliminate attenuation effects. Since Gabor transform does not prepare the information about the phase, minimum-phase assumption is usually supposed to estimate the phase of the wavelet. This manner does not return the optimum response where the source wavelet would be dominantly a mixed phase. We used the kurtosis maximization algorithm to estimate the phase of the wavelet. First, we removed the attenuation effect in the Gabor domain and computed the amplitude spectrum of the source wavelet; then, we rotated the seismic trace with a constant phase to reach the maximum kurtosis. This procedure was repeated in moving windows to obtain the time-varying phase changes. After that, the propagating wavelet was generated to solve the inversion problem of the convolutional model. We showed that the assumption of minimum phase does not reflect a suitable response in the case of mixed-phase wavelets. Application of this algorithm on synthetic and real data shows that subtle reflectivity information could be recovered and vertical seismic resolution is significantly improved.     

基于高阶累积量ARMA模型线性非线性结合的地震子波提取方法研究

在地震子波非因果、混合相位的假设下,本文应用自回归滑动平均(ARMA)模型对地震子波进行参数化建模,并提出利用线性(矩阵方程法)和非线性(ARMA拟合方法)相结合的参数估计方式对该模型进行参数估计.在利用矩阵方程法确定模型参数范围的基础上,利用累积量拟合法精确估计参数.理论分析和仿真结果表明,该方式有较好的适应性：一方面提高了子波估计精度,避免单独使用矩阵方程法在短数据地震记录情况下可能带来的估计误差;另一方面提高了子波提取运算效率,降低了ARMA模型拟合方法参数范围确定的复杂性,避免了单纯使用滑动平均（MA）模型拟合法估计过多参数所导致的运算规模过大问题.初步应用结果表明该方法是有效可行的.     

非稳态地震记录时变子波估计

地震子波估计是地震资料处理和解释中的一个关键问题,子波估计的可靠性会直接影响反褶积和反演的准确度.现有的子波估计方法分为确定型和统计型两种类型,本文通过结合这两类方法,利用确定型的谱分析法和统计型的偏度最大化方法,分别提取时变子波的振幅和相位信息,得到估计的时变子波.这种方法不需要对子波进行任何时不变或相位等的假设,具有对时变相位的估计能力.进而利用估计时变子波进行非稳态反褶积,提高地震记录的保真度,为精细储层预测和描述提供高质量的剖面.理论模型试算验证了方法的可行性,通过实际地震资料的处理应用,表明该方法能有效地提取出子波时变信息.     

Klauder wavelet removal before vibroseis deconvolution

The spiking deconvolution of a field seismic trace requires that the seismic wavelet on the trace be minimum phase. On a dynamite trace, the component wavelets due to the effects of recording instruments, coupling, attenuation, ghosts, reverberations and other types of multiple reflection are minimum phase. The seismic wavelet is the convolution of the component wavelets. As a result, the seismic wavelet on a dynamite trace is minimum phase and thus can be removed by spiking deconvolution. However, on a correlated vibroseis trace, the seismic wavelet is the convolution of the zero-phase Klauder wavelet with the component minimum-phase wavelets. Thus the seismic wavelet occurring on a correlated vibroseis trace does not meet the minimum-phase requirement necessary for spiking deconvolution, and the final result of deconvolution is less than optimal. Over the years, this problem has been investigated and various methods of correction have been introduced. In essence, the existing methods of vibroseis deconvolution make use of a correction that converts (on the correlated trace) the Klauder wavelet into its minimum-phase counterpart. The seismic wavelet, which is the convolution of the minimum-phase counterpart with the component minimum-phase wavelets, is then removed by spiking deconvolution. This means that spiking deconvolution removes both the constructed minimum-phase Klauder counterpart and the component minimum-phase wavelets. Here, a new method is proposed: instead of being converted to minimum phase, the Klauder wavelet is removed directly. The spiking deconvolution can then proceed unimpeded as in the case of a dynamite record. These results also hold for gap predictive deconvolution because gap deconvolution is a special case of spiking deconvolution in which the deconvolved trace is smoothed by the front part of the minimum-phase wavelet that was removed.     

子波相位不准对反演结果的影响(英文)

本文重点讨论在振幅谱估计准确的情况下,采用不同相位谱子波作为实际估计子波进行线性最小二乘反演,并对结果进行分析。除子波相位外,所有其它影响反演结果的因素均忽略。稀疏反射系数模型(块状波阻抗模型)反演结果表明:(1)使用不同相位谱子波进行反演,其反演结果合成的记录与原始记录都非常匹配,但反演的反射系数和声波阻抗结果与真实模型有差异;(2)反演结果的可靠程度主要与不同相位子波z变换的根的分布有关,当估计子波与真实子波Z变换的根的分布仅在单位圆附近有差异时,反演的反射系数和声波阻抗与真实模型很接近;(3)尽管反演前后地震记录都匹配了,并且评价反演结果好坏的柯西准则或改进柯西准则(反演参数没有进行自适应处理)已经达到了最优(最小),但反演结果与真实模型仍存在较大差异。最后,针对子波相位估计不准可能导致反演效果较差这个问题,我们提出采用求L1范数、丰度、变分、柯西准则(反演参数进行了自适应处理)或/和改进柯西准则(反演参数进行了自适应处理)的最优值或次优值作为评价准则的一种解决办法,理论上得到了好的效果。     

基于双谱幅值和相位重构的地震子波提取

利用地震记录双谱中包含子波的幅值和相位信息,以及其超强的抗噪声干扰能力,采用一种基于双谱幅值和相位重构的地震子波提取方法,首先提取出子波幅值及相位信息,进而通过傅立叶反变换,使子波得以完全恢复.本文针对双谱相位重构递推公式,提出一种新的初值选取方法,使地震子波估计的稳定性得到了提高.仿真实验证实了该方法的可行性.     

ON ERRORS OF FIT AND ACCURACY IN MATCHING SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAMS AND SEISMIC TRACES*

A synthetic seismogram that closely resembles a seismic trace recorded at a well may not be at all reliable for, say, stratigraphic interpretation around the well. The most accurate synthetic seismogram is, in general, not the one that displays the smallest errors of fit to the trace but the one that best estimates the noise on the trace. If the match is confined to a short interval of interest or if the seismic reflection wavelet is allowed to be unduly long, there is considerable danger of forcing a spurious fit that treats the noise on the trace as part of the seismic reflection signal instead of making a genuine match with the signal itself. This paper outlines tests that allow an objective and quantitative evaluation of the accuracy of any match and illustrates their application with practical examples. The accuracy of estimation is summarized by the normalized mean square error (NMSE) in the estimated reflection signal, which is shown to be (/n)(P_N/P_S) where P_S/P_N is the signal-to-noise power ratio and n is the spectral smoothing factor. That is, the accuracy varies directly with the ratio of the power in the signal (taken to be the synthetic) to that in the noise on the seismic trace, and the smoothing acts to improve the accuracy of the predicted signal. The construction of confidence intervals for the NMSE is discussed. Guidelines for the choice of the spectral smoothing factor n are given. The variation of wavelet shape due to different realizations of the noise component is illustrated, and the use of confidence intervals on wavelet phase is recommended. Tests are described for examining the normality and stationarity of the errors of fit and their independence of the estimated reflection signal.     

利用零偏移VSP资料估计介质品质因子方法研究

利用峰值频率移动法估算零偏VSP资料的品质因子Q．该方法用Ricker子波和匹配地震子波分别逼近零相位和混合相位的震源子波,得到了峰值频率移动法估计Q值的公式．进而针对常规方法估计的地震子波峰值频率精度不高的问题,提出了估计地震子波峰值频率的特征结构法．通过合成零偏VSP资料的仿真试验,验证了峰值频率移动法估计Q值的正确性．仿真结果表明,与快速Fourier变换和Burg最大熵方法相比较,特征结构法得到的峰值频率和Q值精度高一些．仿真结果也表明,用峰值频率移动法估计Q值时需要选取恰当的子波参数,否则影响Q值估计的精度．     

利用基于子波估计的频谱校正方法提高Q值估计精度(英文)

用Q值刻画的地震衰减在地震信号处理和解释中具有很广泛的应用。利用反射地震资料进行Q值估计需要解决地震子波和反射系数序列耦合的问题。从反射地震资料中去除反射系数序列的影响,这个过程称为频谱校正。本文提出了一种基于子波估计的求取Q值的方法,进而设计了一个反Q滤波器。该方法利用反射地震资料的高阶统计量进行子波估计,并利用所估计子波实现频谱校正。我们利用合成数据实验给出了质心频移法与频谱比法这两种常用的Q值估计方法在不同参数设置下的性能。人工合成数据和实际数据处理表明,利用本文提出的方法进行频谱校正后,可以得到可靠的Q值估计。经过反Q滤波,地震数据的高频部分得到了有效地恢复。     

井约束非稳态相位校正方法

在地震勘探资料处理中,子波的零相位化有助于提高地震资料的分辨率、改善叠加剖面的质量.常规的相位校正方法是利用测井合成记录对井旁地震记录进行相位估计,然后对整条剖面进行常相位校正,该方法没有考虑地震子波相位的非稳态性（相位随时间和空间变化）.虽然通过局部相似度方法利用最大方差模准则或包络最大相似度准则可以估计出随时间和空间变化的相位属性,但是由于零相位判别准则本身具有一定的局限性,因此精度有限.针对这一问题,本文在局部地震属性和局部平面波模型下,提出了一种井约束的非稳态相位校正方法,该方法不仅考虑了子波相位的非稳态性,而且充分利用了测井合成地震记录进行相位校正精度高的优点.理论模型和实际资料处理表明,本文方法可以有效实现信号的零相位化,有利于改善叠加效果,提高资料的分辨率.     

基于小波变换的地震相干体算法研究

基于计算相干体算法,提出了用模拟地震子波的小波函数(或高分辨导数小波函数)的小波变换,得到分频瞬时相位,再计算相干体的相干体算法1和用小波变换得到的实、虚部(相当Hilbert变换)计算相干体的相干体算法2. 在油田构造解释中,为了突出小断层特征,用分频计算出的相干体进行重构. 实际资料计算表明,相干体算法2较K. J. Marfurt相干体算法抗噪声能力强;相干体算法1较相干体算法2在实际应用中效果更明显.     

谱图重排的谱分解理论及其在储层探测中的应用

谱分解理论是把单道地震记录分解为连续的时频谱平面,是地震资料处理和解释的重要技术之一.由于谱分解方法的多解性,所以同一道地震记录因为分解方法不同,得到的时频谱是不一样的.短时傅里叶变换,小波变换,S变换和匹配追踪算法都是对信号开窗分析,这些方法都受到不确定性原理的限制.Wigner-Ville变换避开了不确定性原理的限制,但是交叉项的存在限制了本方法的使用.本文利用谱图重排的时频分析方法(RSPWV)对合成的单道地震记录和实际的地震资料进行了分析.与短时傅里叶变换和匹配追踪算法的比较得出:此方法具有较高的时频分辨率,能够很好地识别气层.     

用对称映射ARMA模型的零极点研究子波相位对反射系数序列反演的影响

为研究地震子波相位对反射系数序列反演的影响,在自回归滑动平均(ARMA)模型描述子波的基础上,提出采用z域对称映射ARMA模型零极点的方法构造了一系列相同振幅谱、不同相位谱的地震子波,并结合谱除法对人工合成地震记录进行反射系数序列反演.理论分析表明,子波相位估计不准时反射系数序列反演结果中残留一个纯相位滤波器,该纯相位滤波器的相位谱为真实子波和构造子波的相位谱之差.采用丰度和变分作为评价方法,在反演结果中确定出真实的或准确的反射系数序列.仿真实验和实际数据处理结果也验证了子波相位对反射系数序列反演的影响规律和评价方法的有效性,为进一步提高反射系数序列反演结果精度指明了研究方向.     

Windowless Q-factor tomography by the instantaneous frequency

The estimation of the Q factor of rocks by seismic surveys is a powerful tool for reservoir characterization, as it helps detecting possible fractures and saturating fluids. Seismic tomography allows building 3D macro-models for the Q factor, using methods as the spectral ratio and the frequency shift. Both these algorithms require windowing the seismic signal accurately in the time domain; however, this process can hardly follow the continuous variations of the wavelet length as a function of offset and propagation effects, and it is biased by the interpreter choice. In this paper, we highlight some drawback of signal windowing in the frequency-shift method, and introduce a tomographic approach to estimate the Q factor using the complex attributes of the seismic trace. We show that such approach is particularly needed when the dispersion is broadening the waveforms of signals with a long wave-path. Our method still requires an interpretative event picking, but no other parameters as the time window length and its possible smoothing options. We validate the new method with synthetic and real data examples, involving the joint tomographic inversion of direct and reflected signals. We show that a calibration of the frequency-shift method is needed to improve the estimation of the absolute Q factor, otherwise only relative contrasts are obtained.     

The attenuated Ricker wavelet basis for seismic trace decomposition and attenuation analysis

The widely used wavelets in the context of the matching pursuit are mostly focused on the time–frequency attributes of seismic traces. We propose a new type of wavelet basis based on the classic Ricker wavelet, where the quality factor Q is introduced. We develop a new scheme for seismic trace decomposition by applying the multi-channel orthogonal matching pursuit based on the proposed wavelet basis. Compared with the decomposition by the Ricker wavelets, the proposed method could use fewer wavelets to represent the seismic signal with fewer iterations. Besides, the quality factor of the subsurface media could be extracted from the decomposition results, and the seismic attenuation could be compensated expediently. We test the availability of the proposed methods on both synthetic seismic record and field post-stack data.     

Estimation of the seismic wavelet through homomorphic deconvolution and well log data: application on well-to-seismic tie procedure

Wavelet estimation and well-tie procedures are important tasks in seismic processing and interpretation. Deconvolutional statistical methods to estimate the proper wavelet, in general, are based on the assumptions of the classical convolutional model, which implies a random process reflectivity and a minimum-phase wavelet. The homomorphic deconvolution, however, does not take these premises into account. In this work, we propose an approach to estimate the seismic wavelet using the advantages of the homomorphic deconvolution and the deterministic estimation of the wavelet, which uses both seismic and well log data. The feasibility of this approach is verified on well-to-seismic tie from a real data set from Viking Graben Field, North Sea, Norway. The results show that the wavelet estimated through this methodology produced a higher quality well tie when compared to methods of estimation of the wavelet that consider the classical assumptions of the convolutional model.