Calculating complex‐valued P‐wave first‐arrival traveltimes in attenuative vertical transversely isotropic media with an irregular surface

The complex‐valued first‐arrival traveltime can be used to describe the properties of both velocity and attenuation as seismic waves propagate in attenuative elastic media. The real part of the complex‐valued traveltime corresponds to phase arrival and the imaginary part is associated with the amplitude decay due to energy absorption. The eikonal equation for attenuative vertical transversely isotropic media discretized with rectangular grids has been proven effective and precise to calculate the complex‐valued traveltime, but less accurate and efficient for irregular models. By using the perturbation method, the complex‐valued eikonal equation can be decomposed into two real‐valued equations, namely the zeroth‐ and first‐order traveltime governing equations. Here, we first present the topography‐dependent zeroth‐ and first‐order governing equations for attenuative VTI media, which are obtained by using the coordinate transformation from the Cartesian coordinates to the curvilinear coordinates. Then, we apply the Lax–Friedrichs sweeping method for solving the topography‐dependent traveltime governing equations in order to approximate the viscosity solutions, namely the real and imaginary parts of the complex‐valued traveltime. Several numerical tests demonstrate that the proposed scheme is efficient and accurate in calculating the complex‐valued P‐wave first‐arrival traveltime in attenuative VTI media with an irregular surface.     

曲线坐标系程函方程的求解方法研究

笛卡尔坐标系中经典的程函方程在静校正、叠前偏移、走时反演、地震定位、层析成像等许多地球物理工作都有应用,然而用其计算起伏地表的地震波走时时却比较困难.我们通过把曲线坐标系中的矩形网格映射到笛卡尔坐标系的贴体网格推导出了曲线坐标中的程函方程,此时,曲线坐标系的程函方程呈现为各向异性的程函方程(尽管在笛卡尔坐标系中介质是各向同同性的).然后尝试用求解各向同性程函方程的快速推进法和Lax-Friedrichs快速扫描算法来分别求解该方程.数值试验表明未加考虑各向异性程函方程与各向同性程函方程的差别而把求解各向同性程函方程的快速推进法直接拓展到曲线坐标中的程函方程的做法是错误的,而Lax-Friedrichs快速扫描算法总能稳定地求解曲线坐标系的程函方程,进而有效地处理了地表起伏的情况,得到稳定准确的计算结果.     

A Fast Sweeping Scheme for Calculating P Wave First-Arrival Travel Times in Transversely Isotropic Media with an Irregular Surface

Seismic wave propagation shows anisotropic characteristics in many sedimentary rocks. Modern seismic exploration in mountainous areas makes it important to calculate P wave travel times in anisotropic media with irregular surfaces. The challenges in this context are mainly from two aspects. First is how to tackle the irregular surface in a Cartesian coordinate system, and the other lies in solving the anisotropic eikonal equation. Since for anisotropic media the ray (group) velocity direction is not the same as the direction of the travel-time gradient, the travel-time gradient no longer serves as an indicator of the group velocity direction in extrapolating the travel-time field. Recently, a topography-dependent eikonal equation formulated in a curvilinear coordinate system has been established, which is effective for calculating first-arrival travel times in an isotropic model with an irregular surface. Here, we extend the above equation from isotropy to transverse isotropy (TI) by formulating a topography-dependent eikonal equation in TI media in the curvilinear coordinate system, and then use a fast sweeping scheme to solve the topography-dependent anisotropic eikonal equation in the curvilinear coordinate system. Numerical experiments demonstrate the feasibility and accuracy of the scheme in calculating P wave travel times in TI models with an irregular surface.     

贴体网格各向异性对坐标变换法求解起伏地表下地震初至波走时的影响

笛卡尔坐标系中的经典程函方程在静校正、叠前偏移、走时反演、地震定位、层析成像等很多地球物理工作中都有应用,然而用其计算起伏地表的地震波走时却比较困难.本文通过把曲线坐标系中的矩形网格映射到笛卡尔坐标系的贴体网格,推导出曲线坐标中的程函方程,而后,用Lax-Friedrichs快速扫描算法求解曲线坐标系的程函方程.研究表明本文方法能有效处理地表起伏的情况,得到准确稳定的计算结果.由于地表起伏,导致与之拟合的贴体网格在空间上的展布呈各向异性,且这种各向异性的强弱对坐标变换法求解地震初至波的走时具有重要影响.本文研究表明,随着贴体网格的各向异性增强,用坐标变换法求解地表起伏区域的走时计算误差增大,且计算效率降低,这在实际应用具有指导意义.     

Efficient and accurate computation of seismic traveltimes and amplitudes

We describe two practicable approaches for an efficient computation of seismic traveltimes and amplitudes. The first approach is based on a combined finite‐difference solution of the eikonal equation and the transport equation (the ‘FD approach’). These equations are formulated as hyperbolic conservation laws; the eikonal equation is solved numerically by a third‐order ENO–Godunov scheme for the traveltimes whereas the transport equation is solved by a first‐order upwind scheme for the amplitudes. The schemes are implemented in 2D using polar coordinates. The results are first‐arrival traveltimes and the corresponding amplitudes. The second approach uses ray tracing (the ‘ray approach’) and employs a wavefront construction (WFC) method to calculate the traveltimes. Geometrical spreading factors are then computed from these traveltimes via the ray propagator without the need for dynamic ray tracing or numerical differentiation. With this procedure it is also possible to obtain multivalued traveltimes and the corresponding geometrical spreading factors. Both methods are compared using the Marmousi model. The results show that the FD eikonal traveltimes are highly accurate and perfectly match the WFC traveltimes. The resulting FD amplitudes are smooth and consistent with the geometrical spreading factors obtained from the ray approach. Hence, both approaches can be used for fast and reliable computation of seismic first‐arrival traveltimes and amplitudes in complex models. In addition, the capabilities of the ray approach for computing traveltimes and spreading factors of later arrivals are demonstrated with the help of the Shell benchmark model.     

曲线坐标系因式分解程函方程及其走时计算

地震波走时广泛应用于静校正、层析成像、Kirchhoff偏移成像、地震定位等研究.复杂地表条件是影响走时计算精度的重要因素.近年来,发展的曲线坐标系程函方程为精细刻画起伏地表条件下的地震波走时场特征提供了新的思路.然而,基于有限差分程函方程的求解方法不可避免地受到震源奇异性的影响,即震源附近波前的曲率较大,此时使用平面波近似假设的差分格式会导致较大误差.而震源误差会随着波前的传播到达整个计算区域,从而影响整个区域的求解精度.针对该问题,本文借鉴因式分解的思想,推导建立了曲线坐标系因式分解程函方程,并针对性地发展了其数值求解方法,从根源上解决了复杂模型走时计算中的震源奇异性问题.数值实例表明因式分解法能够有效降低震源误差,显著提高起伏地表走时计算的精度和效率,为起伏地表地震波走时计算提供更佳的选择,在复杂模型的地震资料处理中展现出广泛的应用前景.

     

基于快速推进迎风双线性插值法的三维地震波走时计算

三维地震波走时计算技术是三维地震反演、层析成像、偏移成像等诸多地震数据处理技术中非常重要的正演计算工具.为了获得精度高且兼顾效率的三维走时计算方法:首先, 在常规双线性插值公式推导过程中, 充分利用平面波双线性假设的结论, 获得了二元极小值超越方程的解析解, 进而推导出了准确的局部走时计算公式, 同时构造性地证明了该计算公式满足地震波的传播规律和Eikonal方程;其次, 引入迎风差分的基本思想, 提出迎风双线性插值的局部走时计算策略, 该计算策略能简化算法、提高效率且保证无条件稳定性;然后, 将上述计算公式和迎风双线性插值策略与常规快速推进法中的窄带技术结合, 获得了一种新的基于快速推进迎风双线性插值法的三维地震波走时计算方法;最后, 通过精度和效率分析检验了新算法的精度、效率和正确性, 并通过计算实例验证了算法在面对复杂介质时的稳定性和有效性.     

地震波走时和射线的有限差分计算

以往都是采用射线追踪的方法计算地震波的走时和射线，但是当速度模型复杂时这种方法存在一些问题。本文提出另一种计算地震波走时和射线的方法。该方法从程函方程出发，利用互换原理和Ｆｅｒｍａｔ原理计算出各种波的到时和射线。解决了射线追踪方法存在的问题。为地震波走时和射线的计算以及地震波走时反演开辟了一条新途径。     

模型扩展和地形平化起伏地形处理方案在地震走时层析成像中的对比研究

中国大陆中西部普遍具有强烈的地形起伏,起伏地形会对地震资料的处理分析产生严重干扰.精细处理起伏地形成为高精度地震成像的必然要求.传统方法通过填充低速介质将不规则模型扩展为规则模型来处理起伏地形.近年来,借助坐标变换将物理空间不规则模型转换为计算空间规则模型的地形平化方法,为解决起伏地形问题提供了新思路.本文基于经典的模型扩展和新发展的地形平化方法分别处理起伏地形,从走时正演、射线追踪和反演成像三个方面,全面细致地评判了两种地形处理方法在起伏地形层析成像中的适用性和有效性.结果表明,模型扩展中阶梯状近似和填充介质速度参与计算,会造成起伏地形走时计算精度损失,出现虚假射线路径和错误出射角,导致反演分辨率降低,成像结果模糊甚至失真;地形平化中采用贴体网格参数化,能够保证离散模型完全匹配起伏地形,并且保持起伏地形在物理空间和计算空间中均为自由表面.在此基础上发展的层析成像技术具有高度的保真性,有效地处理了地形起伏效应,为起伏地形区域精细速度成像提供了有力的技术保障.

     

Scanning anisotropy parameters in horizontal transversely isotropic media

The horizontal transversely isotropic model, with arbitrary symmetry axis orientation, is the simplest effective representative that explains the azimuthal behaviour of seismic data. Estimating the anisotropy parameters of this model is important in reservoir characterisation, specifically in terms of fracture delineation. We propose a travel‐time‐based approach to estimate the anellipticity parameter η and the symmetry axis azimuth ? of a horizontal transversely isotropic medium, given an inhomogeneous elliptic background model (which might be obtained from velocity analysis and well velocities). This is accomplished through a Taylor's series expansion of the travel‐time solution (of the eikonal equation) as a function of parameter η and azimuth angle ?. The accuracy of the travel time expansion is enhanced by the use of Shanks transform. This results in an accurate approximation of the solution of the non‐linear eikonal equation and provides a mechanism to scan simultaneously for the best fitting effective parameters η and ?, without the need for repetitive modelling of travel times. The analysis of the travel time sensitivity to parameters η and ? reveals that travel times are more sensitive to η than to the symmetry axis azimuth ?. Thus, η is better constrained from travel times than the azimuth. Moreover, the two‐parameter scan in the homogeneous case shows that errors in the background model affect the estimation of η and ? differently. While a gradual increase in errors in the background model leads to increasing errors in η, inaccuracies in ?, on the other hand, depend on the background model errors. We also propose a layer‐stripping method valid for a stack of arbitrary oriented symmetry axis horizontal transversely isotropic layers to convert the effective parameters to the interval layer values.     

求解二次方程的二维VTI介质qSV波和qSH波走时快速扫描算法

地震波走时计算在观测系统设计、偏移成像、速度模型走时反演和地震定位等方面起到重要作用.各向异性广泛存在于地球介质中,影响地震波传播的振幅和走时,忽略各向异性的影响将对成像、反演以及地震定位等造成一定的误差.因此对于高分辨率成像和反演,走时计算中考虑各向异性十分重要.快速扫描法不需要存储和追踪波前面信息,在各向异性初至波走时计算方面应用广泛.传统的方法通过将慢度四次方程转换为走时四次方程并结合快速扫描法求解走时.该方法没有对程函方程做近似,适用于强各向异性介质,但存在计算效率低的问题.对于求解qSV波走时,本文发展了一种在局部解中将慢度四次方程简化为二次方程解析地快速求解走时的方法,极大地提高了计算效率.对于qSH波,慢度方程是二次的,可以直接解析求解.最后,本文用各向异性均匀模型和BP复杂模型进行测试,计算结果表明走时计算准确,验证了该方法的有效性.

     

地震波走时的有限差分法计算

类似于Claerbout思想,将波动方程在射线理论中的对偶--镜像方程写为上、下行波方程的形式.对变换得到的守恒型偏微分方程,用E-O格式,可计算出任意速度构造的二维网格上各点的地震波走时.文中证明了守恒型偏微分方程的通量为一凸函数,采用单调的守恒型差分格式,精度符合要求.计算速度比目前所用的各种计算走时的方法都快得多,算法也便于向量化.     

井巷工程反射波超前探测逆时偏移成像

探讨了井巷隧道工程反射波法超前地质预报成像问题.从一阶速度－应力弹性波方程出发,推导了二维各向同性介质情况下弹性波逆时传播的高阶差分格式,实现了弹性波在数值空间中的逆时延拓.构建反射波法隧道超前探测中的断层、软弱夹层等介质模型,以反射波探测的正演记录作为初始条件,并从程函方程出发,采用逆时差分格式求取介质模型网格空间中各点的直达波旅行时作为弹性波逆时偏移的成像条件,实现多波多分量资料的逆时偏移.偏移结果表明,逆时偏移能够使隧道壁接收到的波场准确归位,提高隧道反射波超前探测的资料处理的精度.     

Seismic data interpolation using generalised velocity‐dependent seislet transform

Data interpolation is an important step for seismic data analysis because many processing tasks, such as multiple attenuation and migration, are based on regularly sampled seismic data. Failed interpolations may introduce artifacts and eventually lead to inaccurate final processing results. In this paper, we generalised seismic data interpolation as a basis pursuit problem and proposed an iteration framework for recovering missing data. The method is based on non‐linear iteration and sparse transform. A modified Bregman iteration is used for solving the constrained minimisation problem based on compressed sensing. The new iterative strategy guarantees fast convergence by using a fixed threshold value. We also propose a generalised velocity‐dependent formulation of the seislet transform as an effective sparse transform, in which the non‐hyperbolic normal moveout equation serves as a bridge between local slope patterns and moveout parametres in the common‐midpoint domain. It can also be reduced to the traditional velocity‐dependent seislet if special heterogeneity parametre is selected. The generalised velocity‐dependent seislet transform predicts prestack reflection data in offset coordinates, which provides a high compression of reflection events. The method was applied to synthetic and field data examples, and the results show that the generalised velocity‐dependent seislet transform can reconstruct missing data with the help of the modified Bregman iteration even for non‐hyperbolic reflections under complex conditions, such as vertical transverse isotropic (VTI) media or aliasing.     

Finite difference calculation of traveltime on non-orthogonal grid

Finite difference methods have been widely employed in solving the eikonal equation so as to calculate traveltime of seismic phase. Most previous studies used regular orthogonal grid. However, much denser grid is required to sample the interfaces that are undulating in depth direction, such as the Moho and the 660 km discontinuity.Here we propose a new finite difference algorithm to solve the eikonal equation on non-orthogonal grid(irregular grid).To demonstrate its efficiency and accuracy, a test was conducted with a two-layer model. The test result suggests that the similar accuracy of a regular grid with ten times grids could achieve with our new algorithm, but the time cost is only about 0.1 times. A spherical earth model with an undulant660 km discontinuity was constructed to demonstrate the potential application of our new method. In that case, the traveltime curve fluctuation corresponds to topography. Our new algorithm is efficient in solving the first arrival times of waves associated with undulant interfaces.     

针对复杂地形的三种地震波走时算法及对比

复杂地形条件下地震波走时算法对于研究复杂地形地区的成像问题有着重要的意义.为了得到精度高且适应于复杂地形的走时算法,首先提出阶梯网格迎风差分法.然后将该方法与不等距网格有限差分法和混合网格线性插值法进行对比研究,得出如下结论:混合网格线性插值法的计算精度最高,但其计算效率最低;阶梯网格迎风差分法的计算精度最低,但其计算效率最高;不等距网格有限差分法的计算精度和计算效率均居中;而究竟选取哪种算法作为给定复杂地形模型的地震波走时算法,应该综合考虑地形的特点、所研究问题对计算精度及计算效率的要求等因素.最后通过一个计算实例验证了三种算法在面对复杂地形、近地表及地下复杂介质等复杂地质条件时均有很好的适应性和稳定性.     

三维起伏地表条件下地震波走时计算的不等距迎风差分法

三维起伏地表条件下的地震波走时计算技术是研究三维起伏地表地区很多地震数据处理技术的基础性工具.为了获得适应于任意三维起伏地表且计算精度高的走时算法,提出三维不等距迎风差分法.该方法采用不等距网格剖分三维起伏地表模型,通过在迎风差分格式中引入不等距差分格式、Huygens原理及Fermat原理来建立地表附近的局部走时计算公式,并通过在窄带技术中设定新的网格节点类型来获得三维起伏地表条件下算法的整体实现步骤.精度及算例分析表明:三维不等距迎风差分法具有很高的计算精度且能够适应于任意三维起伏地表模型.     

三维起伏地表条件下地震波走时计算的不等距迎风差分法

三维起伏地表条件下的地震波走时计算技术是研究三维起伏地表地区很多地震数据处理技术的基础性工具.为了获得适应于任意三维起伏地表且计算精度高的走时算法,提出三维不等距迎风差分法.该方法采用不等距网格剖分三维起伏地表模型,通过在迎风差分格式中引入不等距差分格式、Huygens原理及Fermat原理来建立地表附近的局部走时计算公式,并通过在窄带技术中设定新的网格节点类型来获得三维起伏地表条件下算法的整体实现步骤.精度及算例分析表明:三维不等距迎风差分法具有很高的计算精度且能够适应于任意三维起伏地表模型.     

复杂山地随机介质GMM-ULTI法射线追踪

对复杂山地介质的非均质性以及介质中地震波运动学特征进行深入研究,对于提高复杂山地区域地震勘探的效果有着重要的理论意义和实际价值.为了研究复杂山地非均质性和该介质中地震波的一些运动特性,提出了一种复杂山地随机介质的建模方法和一种新的射线追踪算法.与常规算法相比,复杂山地随机介质的生成方法采用更贴近实际介质特点的梯度介质作为背景介质,并在模型生成过程中加入地形修正步骤;新提出的GMM-ULTI射线追踪算法,充分融合群推进法、迎风思想、走时插值法的优势,采用先计算走时后追踪射线路径的两步策略完成射线追踪.算法分析与计算实例表明:复杂山地随机介质的生成方法能灵活、精细且更贴近实际地刻画复杂山地介质的非均质特点;新射线追踪算法兼顾精度和效率、能无条件稳定且灵活地适应复杂山地随机介质的特点;同时基于对几个模型试算结果的分析也得出了复杂山地随机介质中的地震波的一些传播规律.