Magnetic interface forward and inversion method based on Padé approximation

The magnetic interface forward and inversion method is realized using the Taylor series expansion to linearize the Fourier transform of the exponential function. With a large expansion step and unbounded neighborhood, the Taylor series is not convergent, and therefore, this paper presents the magnetic interface forward and inversion method based on Padé approximation instead of the Taylor series expansion. Compared with the Taylor series, Padé’s expansion’s convergence is more stable and its approximation more accurate. Model tests show the validity of the magnetic forward modeling and inversion of Padé approximation proposed in the paper, and when this inversion method is applied to the measured data of the Matagami area in Canada, a stable and reasonable distribution of underground interface is obtained.     

弱各向异性介质弹性波的准各向同性近似正演模拟

准各向同性(QI)近似可用于弱各向异性介质的正演模拟.本文通过运用QI方法的零阶和一阶近似,计算了VTI介质模型的地震记录.得出的地震记录与标准各向同性射线理论(IRT)和基于伪谱法的三维地震正演模拟得出的地震记录作了比较,可以认为是精确的合成地震记录.     

Fast and accurate three‐dimensional controlled source electromagnetic modelling†

We present a fast approximate method for three‐dimensional low frequency controlled source electro‐magnetic modeling. We apply the method to a synthetic model in a typical marine controlled source electromagnetic scenario, where conductivity and permittivity are different from the known background medium. For 3D configurations, fast computational methods are relevant for both forward and inverse modelling studies. Since this problem involves a large number of unknowns, it has to be solved efficiently to obtain results in a timely manner, without compromising accuracy. For this reason, the Born approximation, extended Born approximation and iterative extended Born approximation are implemented and compared with the full solution of the conjugate gradient fast Fourier transformation method. These methods are based on an electric field domain integral equation formulation. It is shown here how well the iterative extended Born approximation method performs in terms of both accuracy and speed with different configurations and different source positions. The improved accuracy comes at virtually no additional computational cost. With the help of this method, it is now possible to perform sensitivity analysis using 3D modelling in a timely manner, which is vital for controlled source electromagnetic applications. For forward modeling the solution at the sea‐bottom is of interest, because that is where the receivers are usually located. For inverse modeling, the accuracy of the solution in the target zone is important to obtain reasonably accurate conductivity values from the inversion using this approximate solution method. Our modelling studies show that the iterative extended Born approximation method is fast and accurate for both forward and inverse modelling. Sensitivity analysis as a function of the source position and different reservoir sizes validate the accuracy of the iterative extended Born approximation.     

二维层状介质中衍射波的计算

本文讨论了衍射波的计算,它是文献[5]的继续和发展,是为了应用射线法解决二维地震人机联作工作的一部分。根据波的物理性质,引入了等效炮点、等效检波点和等效界面等概念,将Berryhill导出的衍射波计算公式推广到倾斜界面和楔形结构等情形。这一工作与文献[1-3]中的工作相结合,在实用上解决了二维地震人机联作解释中的正演计算方法问题。     

三维时间域航空电磁有理Krylov正演研究

常规的三维时间域航空电磁模拟通常采用隐式步长方法进行时间离散,需要几次矩阵分解和上百次右端源项回带,计算效率较低.为了提高正演计算效率,本文提出使用有理Krylov方法求解时间域电场扩散方程.首先使用非结构四面体网格进行空间离散,采用Nédélec矢量基函数近似四面体单元内的电场;然后基于有限元离散给出矩阵指数和矢量乘积表示的电场显式解;最后采用有理Arnoldi算法构造Krylov子空间内的正交基函数并进一步求解矩阵指数与矢量的乘积,直接得到任意时刻的电场解向量,避免步长离散过程.此外,本文还提出一种指数加权偏移参数优化方法,使得有理Arnoldi近似在瞬变衰减晚期具备更高的精度,从而降低Krylov子空间阶数并提高计算效率.通过和层状模型解析解的对比验证了有理Krylov方法的精度.针对三维异常体模型使用全局网格和局部网格剖分并和其他数值方法比较,进一步说明了有理Krylov方法的有效性.     

3D LBFGS inversion of controlled source extremely low frequency electromagnetic data

The controlled source extremely low frequency (CSELF) electromagnetic method is characterized by extremely long and powerful sources and a huge measurement range. Its electromagnetic field can therefore be affected by the ionosphere and displacement current. Research on 3D forward modeling and inversion of CSELF electromagnetic data is currently in its infancy. This paper makes exploratory attempts to firstly calculate the 1D extremely low frequency electromagnetic field under ionosphere-air-earth coupling circumstances, and secondly analyze the propagation characteristics of the background electromagnetic field. The 3D staggered-grid finite difference scheme for solving for the secondary electric field is adopted and incorporated with the 1D modeling algorithm to complete 3D forward modeling. Considering that surveys can be carried out in the near field and transition zone for lower frequencies, the 3D Limited-memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (LBFGS) inversion of CSELF electromagnetic data is presented (in which the sources, or primary fields, are included), with the aim of directly inverting the impedance data, regardless of where it is acquired. Derivation of the objective functional gradient is the core component in the inversion. Synthetic tests indicate that the well-chosen approximation to the Hessian can significantly speed up the inversion. The model responses corresponding to the coexistence of conductive and resistive blocks show that the off-diagonal components of tensor impedance are much more sensitive to the resistivity variation than the diagonal components. In comparison with conventional scalar inversion, tensor inversion is superior in the recoveries of electric anomalies and background resistivity.     

井地电法的准解析近似三维反演研究

研究复杂地电模型上的井地电法三维反演一直是一个具有挑战性的课题。本文在准解析近似和重加权正则化的共轭梯度法的基础上,用visualFortran6.5开发了井地电法三维准解析近似反演程序。反演过程中的正演和Frechet导数矩阵计算都应用准解析近似大大提高了计算的速度。通过理论模型的合成数据反演试算,说明基于准解析近似法和加权正则化的共轭梯度法的井地电法三维反演程序有着计算速度快,反演精度高等特点。     

Real time 2D inversion of induction logging data

Real time 2D inversion for an induction logging instrument may be achieved using a fast forward modeling and special inversion strategy. The fast forward modeling employs a low-frequency approximation of an induction response known as Doll's geometric factor. Modeling geometric factors is much faster than modeling the electromagnetic field in the frequency domain. To transform real data into the Doll's limit, multi-frequency skin-effect correction is applied. The correction technique involves an asymptotic theory of the integral equation for a 2D boundary value problem. The inversion is based on separating the parameter space into subspaces of lower dimension. Initially, adaptive overlapping windows split logging data into manageable portions. Each window consists of three subwindows: the predictor, corrector and upgrader. Further separation of parameters is introduced by Doll's approximation: the low-frequency response is linear with respect to formation conductivity. This allows us to split inversion for conductivity and geometric parameters. The next level of splitting inversion is achieved by independently determining parameters of the near borehole zone and remote formation areas. This is done by utilizing different subsets of sensors. The inversion does not require initial guess: layers are introduced dynamically, if necessary. The resolution is improved in sequential iterations by adding finer details to the previously obtained models. The final selection of parameters satisfies a variety of a priori constraints formulated as target resistivity distributions. The technique for imposing constraints is based on the analysis of data mapping into the model space. Interpretation of synthetic and real data confirms the viability of the method.     

Diffraction separation by plane-wave prediction filtering

Seismic data processing typically deals with seismic wave reflections and neglects wave diffraction that affect the resolution. As a general rule, wave diffractions are treated as noise in seismic data processing. However, wave diffractions generally originate from geological structures, such as fractures, karst caves, and faults. The wave diffraction energy is much weaker than that of the reflections. Therefore, even if wave diffractions can be traced back to their origin, their energy is masked by that of the reflections. Separating and imaging diffractions and reflections can improve the imaging accuracy of diffractive targets. Based on the geometrical differences between reflections and diffractions on the plane-wave record; that is, reflections are quasi-linear and diffractions are quasi-hyperbolic, we use plane-wave prediction filtering to separate the wave diffractions. First, we estimate the local slope of the seismic event using planewave destruction filtering and, then, we predict and extract the wave reflections based on the local slope. Thus, we obtain the diffracted wavefield by directly subtracting the reflected wavefield from the entire wavefield. Finally, we image the diffracted wavefield and obtain high-resolution diffractive target results. 2D SEG salt model data suggest that the plane-wave prediction filtering eliminates the phase reversal in the plane-wave destruction filtering and maintains the original wavefield phase, improving the accuracy of imaging heterogeneous objects.     

The relationship between the first Fresnel zone and the normalized geometrical spreading factor1

Conventionally, the Fresnel zone and the geometrical spreading factor are investigated separately, because they belong to different theories of wave propagation. However, if the paraxial ray method is used for establishing the Fresnel–Kirchhoff diffraction formula for a laterally inhomogeneous multilayered medium, it can be shown that the normalized geometrical spreading factor is inversely proportional to the area of the first Fresnel zone associated with the reflection point. Therefore, if no diffracting edge cuts the first Fresnel zone, the geometrical optics approximation represents the principal part of the wavefield obtained by Fresnel–Kirchhoff diffraction theory. Otherwise, the geometrical optics approximation has to be corrected by adding edge diffractions. It is also shown that Kirchhoff-type migration and geometrical spreading factor correction both reduce the first Fresnel zone to a zone with unit area.     

Numerical modeling of zero-offset laboratory data in a strong topographic environment: results for a spectral-element method and a discretized Kirchhoff integral method

Accurate simulation of seismic wave propagation in complex geological structures is of particular interest nowadays. However conventional methods may fail to simulate realistic wavefields in environments with great and rapid structural changes, due for instance to the presence of shadow zones, diffractions and/or edge effects. Different methods, developed to improve seismic modeling, are typically tested on synthetic configurations against analytical solutions for simple canonical problems or reference methods, or via direct comparison with real data acquired in situ. Such approaches have limitations, especially if the propagation occurs in a complex environment with strong-contrast reflectors and surface irregularities, as it can be difficult to determine the method which gives the best approximation of the “real” solution, or to interpret the results obtained without an a priori knowledge of the geologic environment. An alternative approach for seismics consists in comparing the synthetic data with high-quality data collected in laboratory experiments under controlled conditions for a known configuration. In contrast with numerical experiments, laboratory data possess many of the characteristics of field data, as real waves propagate through models with no numerical approximations. We thus present a comparison of laboratory-scaled measurements of 3D zero-offset wave reflection of broadband pulses from a strong topographic environment immersed in a water tank with numerical data simulated by means of a spectral-element method and a discretized Kirchhoff integral method. The results indicate a good quantitative fit in terms of time arrivals and acceptable fit in amplitudes for all datasets.     

目标函数叠前保幅偏移方法与应用

将理论反射率与偏移反射率的差作为目标函数,给出一种迭代振幅补偿保幅偏移方法.把偏移看作一个反问题,寻找反问题中的最优解.偏移算子是正演算子的伴随共轭,其伴随矩阵非对角占优.通过预条件优化伴随矩阵,使Hessian矩阵准对角化.依据地震波传播稳定相位理论,计算反射点,以反射点为中心、菲涅耳带为半径偏移.考虑振幅几何扩散补偿、散射角度补偿,在迭代反演过程求出最优解,即保幅偏移解.本文给出了一个保幅数值模拟结果和一个实际地震数据实例.     

Reduction of reflections from above surface objects in GPR data

During a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey, special attention must be paid to objects located above the earth's surface. Due to the low-loss character of electromagnetic propagation in air and high velocity, above-surface reflections or diffractions can overwhelm subsurface events, making the interpretation a difficult task. The relative sensitivity of reflections and diffractions originating from above-surface objects is a function of the antenna radiation characteristics, the lateral and vertical dimensions of the objects and their position with respect to the antennas. The largest amplitude reflections and diffractions are expected when the polarization of the electric field is parallel to the long-axis of the object. Near the surface in the E-plane, the electric field is vertically polarized and has a larger amplitude than the horizontally polarized electric field in the H-plane. Numerical modeling of reflections from three above surface objects (a vertical plane and elongated horizontal and vertical objects) demonstrate that the largest amplitude difference occurs when an elongated vertical object is present in the E- or H-plane. The calculated reflection from the elongated vertical object present in the E-plane was 21 times larger than when it was present in the H-plane. In 60-m long field data sets, reflections from interfering trees present in the E-plane were at several positions >15 times larger and on average 6 times larger than when the trees were present in the H-plane. These large amplitude differences indicate that appropriate orientation of the antennas can be used to minimize the effects of above-surface reflections and diffractions.     

正演模拟技术在地震采集设计中的应用

随着地震勘探开发的不断深入和发展,地震勘探的主战场逐渐向复杂地区转移.复杂地区既指地表条件复杂的地区,也指地下地质构造和地层条件复杂的地区,这些都对地震勘探提出了新的挑战和更高的要求.地震正演模拟正是开展此类问题研究的一个重要手段和方法.目前市场上具有正演模拟功能的软件大多是根据射线理论采用射线追踪的方法来完成正演模拟的,这种方法不能很好地反映地震波的动力学特征,特别是在复杂地区难以得到正确的结果.本文利用高阶有限差分有效克服了常规有限差分算法求解波动方程的频散问题,并以高效的OpenMP并行计算模式进行了并行优化,较大程度上提高了正演计算的速度和精度;同时实现了二阶Higdon边界条件,改善了边界吸收效果;也在一定程度上提高了计算速度.塔中地区主要目的层埋藏深,逆断层发育,地震反射特征复杂,增加了地震勘探的难度.本文依据该地区的地质模型,利用波动方程正演技术论证了该地区的地震采集观测系统,为该区地震采集观测系统的设计提供了科学依据.     

Scaling behavior and the effects of heterogeneity on shallow seismic imaging of mineral deposits: A case study from Brunswick No. 6 mining area,Canada

We have studied the scaling behavior of compressional-wave velocity and density logs from an exploration borehole that extends down to about 700 m depth in the Brunswick No. 6 mining area, Bathurst Mining Camp, Canada. Using statistical methods, vertical and horizontal scale lengths of heterogeneity were estimated. Vertical scale length estimates from the velocity, density and calculated acoustic impedance are 14 m, 33 m, and about 20 m, respectively. Although the estimated scale length for the acoustic impedance implies a weak scattering environment, elastic finite difference modeling of seismic wave propagation in 2D heterogeneous media demonstrates that even this weak scattering medium can mask seismic signals from small, but yet economically feasible, massive sulfide deposits. Further analysis of the synthetic seismic data suggests that in the presence of heterogeneity, lenticular-shaped targets may only exhibit incomplete diffraction signals whereby the down-dip tails of these diffractions are mainly visible on the stacked sections. Therefore, identification of orebody generated diffractions is much easier on the unmigrated stacked sections than on migrated stacked sections. The numerical seismic modeling in 2D heterogeneous media indicates that in the presence of large horizontal, but small vertical scale lengths (structural anisotropy), identification of massive sulfide deposits is possible, but their delineation at depth requires detailed velocity modeling and processing algorithms which can handle the anisotropy.     

3D MODELLING OF DIFFRACTIONS OBSERVED ON DEEP REFLECTION LINE DEKORP 2-S1

DEKORP 2-S is the first profile carried out in the German continental reflection seismic programme. Besides numerous reflections in the lower crust, the seismic section is characterized by strongly curved events that are interpreted as diffractions. These diffractions occur as clusters, mainly in two areas of the profile: the Dinkelsbühl and the Spessart area. This paper deals with the Dinkelsbühl diffractions where three-dimensional control is available. The control is provided by two additional profiles P-1 and Q-40 which run parallel and perpendicular to the main line, DEKORP 2-S. The type and the location of the diffractors are determined by traveltime-modelling using crustal velocity functions derived from in-line wide-angle observations. A model with inclined line diffractors provides the best fit to the data for all three profiles. Projections of these line diffractors to the surface show that they are aligned parallel to the strike direction of the Variscides. This suggests that the diffractions are associated with the suture zone between the Saxothuringian and Moldanubian geological provinces.     

多震源地震正演数值模拟技术

常规地震采集技术因受相邻时间激发炮之间时间间隔的制约而存在采集周期过长,采集成本过高的问题,而多震源同步激发地震采集技术可以克服这方面的缺陷,但存在着波场过于复杂的问题,地震正演模拟技术可以帮助我们提高对这种复杂波场的认识水平,为此采用2D弹性波方程交错网格高阶有限差分格式,开发了多震源同步激发波场正演数值模拟技术,能够模拟任意多个同步激发震源的弹性波波场,震源函数可以是雷克子波,也可以是可控震源扫描信号,且同步激发震源之间可以有随机时差.模型试算结果分析表明,该技术既是一项高精度的多震源正演模拟技术,也是一项高效率的地震正演数值模拟技术.     

基于倾角-偏移距域道集的绕射波成像

地震绕射波是地下非连续性地质体的地震响应,绕射波成像对地下断层、尖灭和小尺度绕射体的识别具有重要的意义.在倾角域共成像点道集中,反射波同相轴表现为一条下凸曲线,能量主要集中在菲涅耳带内,绕射波能量则比较发散.由于倾角域菲涅耳带随偏移距变化而存在差异,因此本文提出一种在倾角-偏移距域道集中精确估计菲涅耳带的方法,在各偏移距的倾角域共成像点道集中实现菲涅耳带的精确切除,从而压制反射波.在倾角-偏移距域道集中还可以分别实现绕射波增强,绕射波同相轴相位校正,因此能量弱的绕射波可以清晰地成像.在倾角域共成像点道集中,反射波同相轴的最低点对应于菲涅耳带估计所用的倾角,因此本文提出一种在倾角域共成像点道集中直接自动拾取倾角场的方法.理论与实际资料试算验证了本文绕射波成像方法的有效性.     

Seismic diffraction tomography technique using very fast simulated annealing method for delineating small subsurface features

Diffraction, once considered noise rather than signal in seismic tomography, has recently been successfully used for delineating smaller objects whose size is comparable to or less than the wavelength of the incident seismic wave. But Most of the seismic diffraction tomography works are based on Born's and Rytov's approximation of weak scattering to linearize the expression for the scattered field due to an object and this is the basis of Fourier Diffraction Theorem. However, In this paper, we used the amplitude of the total scattered wave field without considering any approximation of weak scattering to obtain the synthetic scattered field data for forward modeling. These synthetic data are then inversed by Very Fast Simulated Annealing method which is a nonlinear inversion technique to obtain the unknown model parameters. This algorithm is applicable to both weak as well as strong scatterers. The simulated results give fairly good estimate for unknown model parameters of the scattering object within acceptable error limits.     

快速拟线性近似方法及三维频谱激电反演研究

Zhdanov提出的拟线性(QL)近似方法有效解决了积分方程计算速度慢、占用内存多的缺陷,但因为三维频谱激电(SIP)换源频繁,每次换源都需要重新计算剖分单元的并矢格林函数和一次场,所以用该方法模拟三维SIP的速度仍然缓慢.本文根据一次场及格林函数的空间对称性,提出了一种适用于多源电磁法的快速QL近似正演方法.在此基础上,实现了Cole-Cole参数范围约束的三维SIP共轭梯度反演方法.理论试算结果表明:快速QL近似方法适用于三维SIP正演模拟,计算速度较QL近似方法有了很大提高;Cole-Cole参数范围约束的三维SIP共轭梯度反演方法对零频电阻率、极化率等参数的反演效果良好,将异常区域剖分成2000块时迭代一次只需约0.2s的时间,占用内存大约为140 MB.