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We present a deep learning method for single-station earthquake location, which we approach as a regression problem using two separate Bayesian neural networks. We use a multi-task temporal-convolutional neural network to learn epicentral…

Geophysics · Physics 2020-12-02 S. Mostafa Mousavi , Gregory C. Beroza

Seismic inversion is crucial in hydrocarbon exploration, particularly for detecting hydrocarbons in thin layers. However, the detection of sparse thin layers within seismic datasets presents a significant challenge due to the ill-posed…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-10 Supriyo Chakraborty , Aurobinda Routray , Sanjay Bhargav Dharavath , Tanmoy Dam

A novel approach to full waveform inversion (FWI), based on a data driven reduced order model (ROM) of the wave equation operator is introduced. The unknown medium is probed with pulses and the time domain pressure waveform data is recorded…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-03 Alexander V. Mamonov , Liliana Borcea , Josselin Garnier , Jörn Zimmerling

A novel geomechanics concept is presented for studying the behavior of geomaterials and structures by capturing the underlying dynamics as realistically as possible for earthquake excitation applied in time domain. Enormous amount of…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-11-21 Achintya Haldara , J. Ramon Gaxiola Camachob , Hamoon Azizsoltanic , Francisco J. Villegas-Mercadoa , S. Mohsen Vazirizadea

Focal mechanisms of small earthquakes are critical for characterizing faults and regional stress. P-wave polarities and S/P amplitude ratios (e.g., in HASH) are widely used to determine focal mechanisms for small earthquakes, but…

Geophysics · Physics 2026-03-31 Miao Zhang

Seismic phase picking, which aims to determine the arrival time of P- and S-waves according to seismic waveforms, is fundamental to earthquake monitoring. Generally, manual phase picking is trustworthy, but with the increasing number of…

Geophysics · Physics 2024-10-22 Yuchen Wang , Ruihuan Wang

Inversion techniques are widely used to reconstruct subsurface physical properties (e.g., velocity, conductivity) from surface-based geophysical measurements (e.g., seismic, electric/magnetic (EM) data). The problems are governed by partial…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-17 Yinan Feng , Yinpeng Chen , Shihang Feng , Peng Jin , Zicheng Liu , Youzuo Lin

Two novel methods, one that is experimental and the other comprising a pair of theoretical types (one component that is mathematically rigorous and the other that is of frequency domain computational type), are being used in concert to…

General Physics · Physics 2014-02-14 Randall D. Peters , Michael A. Phillips

Seismic surface wave dispersion inversion is used widely to study the subsurface structure of the Earth. The dispersion property is usually measured by using frequency-phase velocity (f-c) analysis and by picking phase velocities from the…

Geophysics · Physics 2022-09-07 Xin Zhang , York Zheng , Andrew Curtis

Seismic full-waveform inversion (FWI) is a nonlinear computational imaging technique that can provide detailed estimates of subsurface geophysical properties. Solving the FWI problem can be challenging due to its ill-posedness and high…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-25 Renán Rojas-Gómez , Jihyun Yang , Youzuo Lin , James Theiler , Brendt Wohlberg

Earthquake signals are non-stationary in nature and thus in real-time, it is difficult to identify and classify events based on classical approaches like peak ground displacement, peak ground velocity. Even the popular algorithm of STA/LTA…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-19 Tonumoy Mukherjee , Chandrani Singh , Prabir Kumar Biswas

This review explores the integration of deep learning (DL) with full-waveform inversion (FWI) for enhanced seismic imaging and subsurface characterization. It covers FWI and DL fundamentals, geophysical applications (velocity estimation,…

Geophysics · Physics 2025-02-26 Christopher Zerafa , Pauline Galea , Cristiana Sebu

Seismology has been an active science for a long time. It changed character about 50 years ago when the earth's vibrations could be measured on the surface more accurately and more frequently in space and time. The full wave field could be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-15 Björn Engquist , Yunan Yang

This research presents one possible way for imminent prediction of earthquake magnitude, depth and epicenter coordinates by solving the inverse problem using a data acquisition network system for monitoring, archiving and complex analysis…

Geophysics · Physics 2016-08-03 S. Cht. Mavrodiev

Seismic acoustic impedance inversion is one of the most challenging tasks in geophysical exploration. Many studies have proposed the use of deep learning for processing; however, most of them are limited by factors such as seismic wavelets…

Geophysics · Physics 2025-12-15 Junheng Peng , Xiaowen Wang , Yingtian Liu , Yong Li , Mingwei Wang

In exploration seismology, seismic inversion refers to the process of inferring physical properties of the subsurface from seismic data. Knowledge of physical properties can prove helpful in identifying key structures in the subsurface for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-07 Ahmad Mustafa , Motaz Alfarraj , Ghassan AlRegib

Full-waveform inversion (FWI) is a seismic imaging method that provides quantitative inference about subsurface properties with a wavelength-scale resolution. Its frequency-domain formulation is computationally efficient when processing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Hossein S. Aghamiry , Ali Gholami , Kamal Aghazade , Mahdi Sonbolestan , Stephane Operto

The Earthquake Network research project implements a crowdsourced earthquake early warning system based on smartphones. Smartphones, which are made available by the global population, exploit the Internet connection to report a signal to a…

Applications · Statistics 2016-06-29 F. Finazzi , A. Fassò

We present a new seismic inversion method that uses deep learning (DL) features for the subsurface velocity model estimation. The DL feature is a low-dimensional representation of the high-dimensional seismic data, which is automatically…

Geophysics · Physics 2021-10-04 Yuqing Chen , Erdinc Saygin

Full-waveform inversion (FWI) is an advanced technique for reconstructing high-resolution subsurface physical parameters by progressively minimizing the discrepancy between observed and predicted seismic data. However, conventional FWI…

Geophysics · Physics 2025-03-04 Chao Song , Tariq Alkhalifah , Umair Bin Waheed , Silin Wang , Cai Liu