The Virtual Refraction for Noisy Data and Elastic Media
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71st European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2009, June 8, 2009 - June 11, 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Abstract
In this work we explain the origin of spurious energy related to refracted waves, but more importantly, we use this spurious event - which we call the virtual refraction - to quantify subsurface parameters (i.e., wave speeds and depth to interface). Using numerical examples we show the cause of this spurious wave. We illustrate its use in a numerical two-layer refraction experiment, providing an alternative approach to conventional intercept-time seismic refraction analysis (Palmer, 1986). Finally, we discuss possible advantages of this technique to conventional refraction methods; particularly, the ease of picking the virtual refraction velocity (even in the presence of noise) and its self-contained nature to invert for the subsurface parameters.
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Kasper van Wijk, Dylan Mikesell, and Alexander Calvert. "The Virtual Refraction for Noisy Data and Elastic Media" 71st European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition. Amsterdam. Jun. 2009.
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