Seismic simultaneous inversion using a multidamped subspace method
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Liu, Jinyue
Wang, Yanghua
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Seismic inversion of amplitude variation with offset (AVO) plays a key role in seismic interpretation and reservoir characterization. The AVO inversion should be a simultaneous inversion that inverts for three elastic parameters simultaneously: the P-wave impedance, S-wave impedance, and density. Using only seismic P-wave reflection data with a limited source-receiver offset range, the AVO simultaneous inversion can obtain two elastic parameters reliably, but it is difficult to invert for the third parameter, usually the density term. To address this difficulty in the AVO simultaneous inversion, we used a subspace inversion method in which we partitioned the elastic parameters into different subspaces. We
parameterized each single elastic parameter with a truncated Fourier series and inverted for the Fourier coefficients. Because the Fourier coefficients of different wavenumber components have different sensitivities, we grouped the Fourier coefficients of low-, medium-, and high-wavenumber components into different subspaces. We further assigned different damping factors to the Hessian matrix corresponding to different wavenumber components within each subspace. This
inversion scheme is referred to as a multi-damped subspace method. Synthetic and field seismic data examples confirmed that the AVO simultaneous inversion with this multi-damped subspace method is capable of producing reliable estimation of the three elastic parameters simultaneously.
parameterized each single elastic parameter with a truncated Fourier series and inverted for the Fourier coefficients. Because the Fourier coefficients of different wavenumber components have different sensitivities, we grouped the Fourier coefficients of low-, medium-, and high-wavenumber components into different subspaces. We further assigned different damping factors to the Hessian matrix corresponding to different wavenumber components within each subspace. This
inversion scheme is referred to as a multi-damped subspace method. Synthetic and field seismic data examples confirmed that the AVO simultaneous inversion with this multi-damped subspace method is capable of producing reliable estimation of the three elastic parameters simultaneously.
Date Issued
2020-01-01
Date Acceptance
2019-09-14
Citation
Geophysics, 2020, 85 (1), pp.R1-R10
ISSN
0016-8033
Publisher
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Start Page
R1
End Page
R10
Journal / Book Title
Geophysics
Volume
85
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Society of Exploration Geophysicists. All rights reserved.
Subjects
Geochemistry & Geophysics
0404 Geophysics
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-09-14