Synthetic seismograms in heterogeneous media by one-return approximation

When reverberations between heterogeneities or resonance scattering can be neglected but accumulated effects of forward scattering are strong, the Born approximation is not valid but the De Wolf approximation can be applied in such cases. In this paper, renormalized MFSB (multiple-forescattering single-backscattering) equations and the dual-domain expression for scalar, acoustic and elastic waves are derived by a unified approach. Two versions of the one-return method (using MFSB approximation) are given: One is the wide-angle dual-domain formulation (thin-slab approximation); the other is the screen approximation. In the screen approximation, which involves a small-angle approximation for the wave-medium interaction, it can be seen clearly that the forward scattered, or transmitted waves are mainly controlled by velocity perturbations; while the backscattered or reflected waves, by impedance perturbations. The validity of the method and the wide-angle capability of the dual-domain implementation are demonstrated by numerical examples. Reflection coefficients of a plane interface derived from numerical simulations by the wide-angle method match the theoretical curves well up to critical angles. For the reflections of a low-velocity slab, the agreement between theory and synthetics only starts to deteriorate for angles greater than 70°. The accuracy of the wide-angle version of the method could be further improved by optimizing the wave-number filtering for the forward propagation and shrinking the step length along the propagation direction.     

混合域单程波传播算子及其在偏移成像中的应用

以地震波的单程波传播方程为基础,利用算子近似展开的方法推导出了当前波动方程叠前深度偏移方法研究中广泛使用的裂步Fourier、Fourier有限差分和广义屏传播算子的一般形式及其近似式．讨论了它们间差异、相互关系以及他们的特点,最后给出了基于裂步Fourier、Fourier有限差分和广义屏传播算子的偏移成像方法时Marmousi模型的偏移成像结果,以说明它们间的优劣与计算效率．     

High-order generalized screen propagator migration based on particle swarm optimization

Various migration methods have been proposed to image high-angle geological structures and media with strong lateral velocity variations; however, the problems of low precision and high computational cost remain unresolved. To describe the seismic wave propagation in media with lateral velocity variations and to image high-angle structures, we propose the generalized screen propagator based on particle swarm optimization (PSO-GSP), for the precise fitting of the single-square-root operator. We use the 2D SEG/EAGE salt model to test the proposed PSO-GSP migration method to image the faults beneath the salt dome and compare the results to those of the conventional high-order generalized screen propagator (GSP) migration and split-step Fourier (SSF) migration. Moreover, we use 2D marine data from the South China Sea to show that the PSO-GSP migration can better image strong reflectors than conventional imaging methods.     

Born序列频散方程和Born-Kirchhoff传播算子

传统的Kirchhoff传播算子结构简洁,适用于描述横向均匀介质中波的传播.Ray-Kirchhoff传播算子较为精确地描述了波在非均匀介质中传播的运动学特征,其理论上的先天不足依赖于介质的复杂性.本文通过Born序列逼近波在非均匀介质中传播的大角度波分量,提出一种Born-Kirchhoff传播算子,将传统Kirchhoff传播算子的适用范围扩展至非均匀介质,同时描述波的运动学和动力学特征,其精度取决于Born序列逼近的阶数.利用Born序列频散方程,可以精确分析各阶Born-Kirchhoff传播算子对波长、传播角和非均质性的尺度依赖特征,其中,一阶Born-Kirchhoff传播算子的精度高于传统的相屏传播算子.波数域的Born-Kirchhoff传播算子对于高波数波是奇异的,导致波数域数值计算发散,但其空间域版本是非奇异的,无条件数值稳定,可通过Kirchhoff求和数值实施.本文给出各阶Born-Kirchhoff传播算子及其频散方程,可用于不同程度非均匀介质中的波传播模拟,复杂构造地震成像和速度估计.本文利用零阶和一阶Born-Kirchhoff传播算子计算简单二维模型的合成地震图,并与边界元法进行了比较.     

基于波动方程的广义屏叠前深度偏移

地震波传播算子的计算效率和精度是制约三维叠前深度偏移的关键因素. 广义屏传播算子(GSP, Generalized Screen Propagator)是一种在双域中实现的广角单程波传播算子. 这一方法略去了在非均匀体之间发生的交混回响,但它可以正确处理包括聚焦、衍射、折射和干涉在内的各种多次前向散射现象. 通过背景速度下的相移和扰动速度下的陡倾角校正,广义屏算子能够适应地层速度的强烈横向变化. 这种算子可以直接应用于炮集叠前偏移,通过将广义屏算子作用于双平方根方程,还可以获得一种高效率、高精度的炮检距域叠前深度偏移方法,用于二维共炮检距道集和三维共方位角道集的深度域成像. 本文首先简述了炮检距域广义屏传播算子的理论,进而讨论了共照射角成像(CAI, Common Angle Imaging)条件,由此给出各个不同照射角(炮检距射线参数)下的成像结果,进而得到共照射角像集. 由于照射角和炮检距的对应关系,共照射角像集又为偏移速度分析和AVO(振幅随炮检距变化)分析等提供了有力工具.     

各向异性介质qP波传播描述I：伪纯模式波动方程

地球介质相对于地震波波长尺度的定向非均匀性会导致波速的各向异性,进而影响地震波场的运动学与动力学特征．各向异性弹性波动方程是描述该类介质波场传播的基本工具,在正演模拟、偏移成像与参数反演中起着关键作用．为了面向实际应用构建灵活、简便的各向异性波场传播算子,人们一直在寻求简化的各向异性波动方程．本文借鉴各向异性弹性波波型分离思想,通过对平面波形式的弹性波方程(即Christoffel方程)实施一种代表向波矢量方向投影的相似变换,推导出了一种适应任意各向异性介质、运动学上与原始弹性波方程完全等价,在动力学上突出qP波的新方程,即qP波伪纯模式波动方程．文中以横向各向同性(TI)介质为例,给出了相应的qP波伪纯模式波动方程及其声学与各向同性近似,并在此基础上开展了正演模拟和逆时偏移试验,展示了这种描述各向异性波场传播的新方程的特点与优势．     

地震正演模拟复杂构造中的地震波传播(英文)

地震正演模拟技术是研究地震波在复杂介质中传播规律的有效途经,尤其在地质构造及其复杂的中国西部地区,其意义更是重大。本文介绍了两种新的正演模拟技术：有限元有限差分方法（FE—FDM）和任意精细积分方法（ADPI）,并结合实例分析来验证FE—FDM和ADPI算法的实际效果,结果证明这两种方法能够有效地适用于复杂介质下的地震波传播性质的研究。     

基于广义正交多项式褶积微分算子的地震波场数值模拟方法

地震波场模拟方法研究对于与波动现象有关的地震学问题的重要性是不言而喻的.就目前现有的各种正演算法来说,精度较高的算法（如有限元法、谱元法、高阶有限差分法等）,其计算速度较慢;计算速度较快的算法（如低阶有限差分法、付氏伪谱法等）计算精度却比较低.为了兼顾地震波场模拟的精度与速度,本文推出了一种快速的、高精度地震波场模拟方法（基于Forsyte广义正交多项式的褶积微分算子法）,该方法是以计算数学中的Forsyte广义正交多项式插值函数为基础,构建一个新的褶积微分算子,并将该算子引入到地震波动方程的一阶速度-应力方程的空间微分运算中去,采用时间交错网格有限差分算子替代普通的差分算子以匹配高精度的褶积微分算子,从而构造一种全新的地震波场数值模拟方法.该方法同时具有广义正交多项式方法的高精度和短算子低阶有限差分算法的高速度.通过对算子长度的调节及算子系数的优化,可同时兼顾波场解的全局信息与局部信息.复杂非均匀介质模型中的波场数值模拟实验证实了该方法的可行性及优越性.     

三维复杂地壳结构非线性走时反演

中国大陆中西部乃至全球造山带普遍具有复杂地壳结构.随着矿产资源勘探和深部探测研究的深入,探测造山带及盆山耦合区下方地壳精细结构正逐渐成为当前面临的巨大挑战.人工源深地震测深方法正越来越清晰地揭示出不同构造域地壳速度结构的基本特征,然而传统的层状结构模型参数化方法难以准确描述复杂地质模型,通常情况下多忽略速度结构的精细间断面且采用层边界平滑处理,难以满足地壳精细结构成像的发展要求.针对上述困难,本文采用最近发展的块状结构建模方案构建三维复杂地壳模型,基于逐段迭代射线追踪正演走时计算方法,推导了走时对三角形界面深度以及网格速度的偏导数,开展了非线性共轭梯度走时反演方法研究.发展了利用直达波和反射波等多震相走时数据对界面深度和网格速度的多参数联合反演方法,并引人不同种类震相数据的权系数和不同类型参数偏导数归一化的方法.数值算例表明,基于块状结构的非线性共轭梯度走时反演方法适用于复杂地壳结构模型,在利用人工源走时数据反演复杂地壳精细结构领域具有良好的应用前景.     

Numerical Simulation of Fault Zone Guided Waves: Accuracy and 3-D Effects

-- Fault zones are thought to consist of regions with reduced seismic velocity. When sources are located in or close to these low-velocity zones, guided seismic head and trapped waves are generated which may be indicative of the structure of fault zones at depth. Observations above several fault zones suggest that they are common features of near fault radiation, yet their interpretation may be highly ambiguous. Analytical methods have been developed to calculate synthetic seismograms for sources in fault zones as well as at the material discontinuities. These solutions can be used for accurate modeling of wave propagation in plane-parallel layered fault zone structures. However, at present it is not clear how modest deviations from such simplified geometries affect the generation efficiency and observations of trapped wave motion. As more complicated models cannot be solved by analytical means, numerical methods must be employed. In this paper we discuss 3-D finite-difference calculations of waves in modestly irregular fault zone structures. We investigate the accuracy of the numerical solutions for sources at material interfaces and discuss some dominant effects of 3-D structures. We also show that simple mathematical operations on 2-D solutions generated with line sources allow accurate modeling of 3-D wave propagation produced by point sources. The discussed simulations indicate that structural discontinuities of the fault zone (e.g., fault offsets) larger than the fault zone width affect significantly the trapping efficiency, while vertical properly gradients, fault zone narrowing with depth, small-scale structures, and moderate geometrical variations do not. The results also show that sources located with appropriate orientations outside and below a shallow fault zone layer can produce considerable guided wave energy in the overlying fault zone layer.     

傅里叶有限差分法三维波动方程正演模拟

傅里叶有限差分(FFD)法兼有相位屏法和隐式有限差分法二者的优势,能够处理复杂地质构造中的波传播问题,但在三维情形下,算子的双向分裂会引起明显的方位各向异性误差.本文用Fourier变换计算双向分裂过程中的高阶交叉项,消除了方位各向异性误差.该方法充分利用了FFD法在双域实现的算法结构,明显减少了由于引入误差校正所带来的计算量.将该方法应用于修改后的三维French模型的地震正演问题,并将得到的叠后记录、单炮记录同全波有限差分法的模拟结果进行对比,结果证实了该方法对一次反射波具有较高的模拟精度,在内存需求和计算效率方面则具有更大的优势.     

Synthetic Seismograms and Wide-angle Seismic Attributes from the Gaussian Beam and Reflectivity Methods for Models with Interfaces and Velocity Gradients

— The effects of interfaces and velocity gradients on wide-angle seismic attributes are investigated using synthetic seismograms. The seismic attributes considered include envelope amplitude, pulse instantaneous frequency, and arrival time of selected phases. For models with interfaces and homogeneous layers, head waves can propagate which have lower amplitudes, as well as frequency content, compared to the direct arrivals. For media with interfaces and velocity gradients, higher amplitude diving waves and interference waves can also occur. The Gaussian beam and reflectivity methods are used to compute synthetic seismograms for simple models with interfaces and gradients. From the results of these methods, seismic attributes are obtained and compared. It was found that both methods were able to simulate wide-angle seismic attributes for the simple models considered. The advantage of using the Gaussian beam method for seismic modeling and inversion is that it is fast and also asymptotically valid for laterally varying media.     

三维粘弹介质地震波场有限差分并行模拟

有限差分法在三维粘弹性复杂介质正演模拟地震波的传播中对计算机内存和计算速度要求比较高,单个PC机或工作站只能计算较少网格内短时间的波场。本文介绍一种基于MPI的并行有限差分法,可在PCCluster上模拟较大规模三维粘弹性复杂介质中地震波传播时的波场;可预测地震波在此类条件下传播时的运动学和动力学性质。对于更好地理解波动传播现象,解释实际地震资料及反问题的解决等均具有重要的理论与实际意义。     

3-D acoustic modeling by a Hartley method

Numerical methods using the Hartley transform are described for the simulation of 3-D wave phenomena with application to the modeling of seismic data. Four topics are covered. The first deals with the solution of the 3-D acoustic wave equation. The second handles the solution of the 3-D two way nonreflecting wave equation. The third involves modeling with an areal source. The fourth treats wave phenomena whose direction of propagation is restricted within ± 90° from a given axis.The numerical methods developed here are similar to the Fourier methods. Time stepping is performed with a second-order differencing operator. The difference is that expressions including space derivative terms are computed by the Hartley transforms rather than the Fourier transforms. Being a real-valued function and equivalent to the Fourier transform, the Hartley transform avoids computational redundancies in terms of the number of operations and memory requirements and thus is more efficient and economical than the Fourier transform. These features are crucial when dealing with 3-D seismic data. The numerical results agree with the analytical results. The use of areal source in modeling can efficiently provide data for testing some schemes that deal with the areal shot-records. Using the transform methods, we can impose constraints on the direction of the wave propagation most precisely in the wavenumber domain when attempting to restrict propagation to upward moving waves. The implementation of the methods is demonstrated on numerical examples.     

Computing the Sensitivity Kernels for 2.5-D Seismic Waveform Inversion in Heterogeneous,Anisotropic Media

2.5-D modeling and inversion techniques are much closer to reality than the simple and traditional 2-D seismic wave modeling and inversion. The sensitivity kernels required in full waveform seismic tomographic inversion are the Fréchet derivatives of the displacement vector with respect to the independent anisotropic model parameters of the subsurface. They give the sensitivity of the seismograms to changes in the model parameters. This paper applies two methods, called ‘the perturbation method’ and ‘the matrix method’, to derive the sensitivity kernels for 2.5-D seismic waveform inversion. We show that the two methods yield the same explicit expressions for the Fréchet derivatives using a constant-block model parameterization, and are available for both the line-source (2-D) and the point-source (2.5-D) cases. The method involves two Green’s function vectors and their gradients, as well as the derivatives of the elastic modulus tensor with respect to the independent model parameters. The two Green’s function vectors are the responses of the displacement vector to the two directed unit vectors located at the source and geophone positions, respectively; they can be generally obtained by numerical methods. The gradients of the Green’s function vectors may be approximated in the same manner as the differential computations in the forward modeling. The derivatives of the elastic modulus tensor with respect to the independent model parameters can be obtained analytically, dependent on the class of medium anisotropy. Explicit expressions are given for two special cases—isotropic and tilted transversely isotropic (TTI) media. Numerical examples are given for the latter case, which involves five independent elastic moduli (or Thomsen parameters) plus one angle defining the symmetry axis.     

离散介质中地震波传播的数值模拟

伪谱法应用付里叶变换和有限差分求解波动方程，本利用伪谱法模拟了三维离散介质中地震波的传播。结果表明：(1)该方法的计算精度高；(2)即使在均匀、各向同性的离散介质中，地震波的传播也表现出方位各向异性的特点。     

基于瞬时谱匹配的地震波选波方法及应用

地震波输入对结构非线性响应具有重要影响,选取合适的地震波输入计算是保证结构时程分析响应结果准确的首要条件。文章通过对比地震波瞬时谱的模型化方法,优化并提出可以考虑地震波时频特性的选波方法,并与《建筑抗震设计规范》方法进行对比分析。结果表明：匹配瞬时谱的选波方法可以有效地控制所选地震波的时、频域差异性,降低结构时程分析响应离散度,可为工程选波提供依据。     

双相各向异性介质中偶数阶精度有限差分数值模拟

To improve the accuracy of the conventional finite-difference method, finitedifference numerical modeling methods of any even-order accuracy are recommended. We introduce any even-order accuracy difference schemes of any-order derivatives derived from Taylor series expansion. Then, a finite-difference numerical modeling method with any evenorder accuracy is utilized to simulate seismic wave propagation in two-phase anisotropic media. Results indicate that modeling accuracy improves with the increase of difference accuracy order number. It is essential to find the optimal order number, grid size, and time step to balance modeling precision and computational complexity. Four kinds of waves, static mode in the source point, SV wave cusps, reflection and transmission waves are observed in two-phase anisotropic media through modeling.     

煤矿井下槽波三维数值模拟及频散分析

采用交错网格高阶有限差分法编制了地震波场三维正演模拟软件,设计了基于镜像法原理处理煤矿井下近水平和起伏巷道特殊空间的算法;模拟了煤矿井下含巷道和不含巷道情况下煤层中传播的地震波场,并分析其频散特征.结果发现:由于巷道的影响,巷道壁上产生很强的巷道振型槽波,煤层中则出现了以Love型为主的槽波,据此分析了实际槽波记录的形成机理,研究结果对今后煤矿井下巷道地震超前探测和工作面弹性波透视等具有重要的理论意义和实际价值.     

Numerical simulations of full-wave fields and analysis of channel wave characteristics in 3-D coal mine roadway models

Currently, numerical simulations of seismic channel waves for the advance detection of geological structures in coal mine roadways focus mainly on modeling twodimensional wave fields and therefore cannot accurately simulate three-dimensional (3-D) full-wave fields or seismic records in a full-space observation system. In this study, we use the first-order velocity–stress staggered-grid finite difference algorithm to simulate 3-D full-wave fields with P-wave sources in front of coal mine roadways. We determine the three components of velocity V_x, V_y, and V_z for the same node in 3-D staggered-grid finite difference models by calculating the average value of V_y, and V_z of the nodes around the same node. We ascertain the wave patterns and their propagation characteristics in both symmetrical and asymmetric coal mine roadway models. Our simulation results indicate that the Rayleigh channel wave is stronger than the Love channel wave in front of the roadway face. The reflected Rayleigh waves from the roadway face are concentrated in the coal seam, release less energy to the roof and floor, and propagate for a longer distance. There are surface waves and refraction head waves around the roadway. In the seismic records, the Rayleigh wave energy is stronger than that of the Love channel wave along coal walls of the roadway, and the interference of the head waves and surface waves with the Rayleigh channel wave is weaker than with the Love channel wave. It is thus difficult to identify the Love channel wave in the seismic records. Increasing the depth of the receivers in the coal walls can effectively weaken the interference of surface waves with the Rayleigh channel wave, but cannot weaken the interference of surface waves with the Love channel wave. Our research results also suggest that the Love channel wave, which is often used to detect geological structures in coal mine stopes, is not suitable for detecting geological structures in front of coal mine roadways. Instead, the Rayleigh channel wave can be used for the advance detection of geological structures in coal mine roadways.