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Machine learning-based seismic processing models are typically trained separately to perform specific seismic processing tasks (SPTs), and as a result, require plenty of training data. However, preparing training data sets is not trivial,…

Geophysics · Physics 2023-09-21 Shijun Cheng , Randy Harsuko , Tariq Alkhalifah

Current methods of estimating the change in stress caused by injecting fluid into subsurface formations require choosing the type of constitutive model and the model parameters based on core, log, and geophysical data during the…

Geophysics · Physics 2021-09-28 Jeff Burghardt , Ting Bao , Kailai Xu , Alexandre Tartakovsky , Eric Darve

Marine seismic exploration is a core technology supporting marine resource exploration, seabed detection, carbon sequestration monitoring, and offshore engineering safety. The integration of full-waveform inversion (FWI), elastic inversion,…

Geophysics · Physics 2026-05-05 Guoxin Chen

We propose a variation on wavefield reconstruction inversion for seismic inversion, which takes advantage of randomized linear algebra as a way to overcome the typical limitations of conventional inversion techniques. Consequently, we can…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-21 Gabrio Rizzuti , Tristan van Leeuwen

Seismic data processing heavily relies on the solution of physics-driven inverse problems. In the presence of unfavourable data acquisition conditions (e.g., regular or irregular coarse sampling of sources and/or receivers), the underlying…

Geophysics · Physics 2022-07-21 Matteo Ravasi

We consider the problem of 3D seismic inversion from pre-stack data using a very small number of seismic sources. The proposed solution is based on a combination of compressed-sensing and machine learning frameworks, known as…

Geophysics · Physics 2023-11-02 Maayan Gelboim , Amir Adler , Yen Sun , Mauricio Araya-Polo

Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) is an important geophysical technique considered in subsurface property prediction. It solves the inverse problem of predicting high-resolution Earth interior models from seismic data. Traditional FWI methods…

Interpolation of aliased seismic data constitutes a key step in a seismic processing workflow to obtain high quality velocity models and seismic images. Building on the idea of describing seismic wavefields as a superposition of local plane…

Geophysics · Physics 2023-12-12 Francesco Brandolin , Matteo Ravasi , Tariq Alkhalifah

Geophysical inversion attempts to estimate the distribution of physical properties in the Earth's interior from observations collected at or above the surface. Inverse problems are commonly posed as least-squares optimization problems in…

Geophysics · Physics 2019-05-22 Vladimir Puzyrev

Seismic data are commonly modeled by a high-frequency single scattering approximation. This amounts to a linearization in the medium coefficient about a smooth background. The discontinuities are contained in the medium perturbation. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-09-25 Christiaan C. Stolk , Maarten V. de Hoop

In current seismic acquisition practice, there is an increasing drive for sparsely (in space) acquired data, often in irregular geometry. These surveys can trade off subsurface information for efficiency/cost - creating a problem of…

Geophysics · Physics 2021-01-26 Dieuwertje Kuijpers , Ivan Vasconcelos , Patrick Putzky

The high cost of acquiring a sufficient amount of seismic data for training has limited the use of machine learning in seismic tomography. In addition, the inversion uncertainty due to the noisy data and data scarcity is less discussed in…

Geophysics · Physics 2023-08-09 Rongxi Gou , Yijie Zhang , Xueyu Zhu , Jinghuai Gao

Three-dimensional seismic full-waveform inversion (FWI) provides high-fidelity subsurface velocity models but is restricted by high computational cost, strong nonlinearity, cycle-skipping, and heavy dependence on initial models. Although…

Geophysics · Physics 2026-03-19 Guoxin Chen , Wenjie Wang , Haiyang Lu , Jinxin Chen

In this work, we employ neural fields, which use neural networks to map a coordinate to the corresponding physical property value at that coordinate, in a test-time learning manner. For a test-time learning method, the weights are learned…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-25 Anran Xu , Lindsey J. Heagy

The detection of earthquakes is a fundamental prerequisite for seismology and contributes to various research areas, such as forecasting earthquakes and understanding the crust/mantle structure. Recent advances in machine learning…

Geophysics · Physics 2023-07-14 Tomoki Tokuda , Hiromichi Nagao

The observation and description of collective excitations in solids is a fundamental issue when seeking to understand the physics of a many-body system. Analysis of these excitations is usually carried out by measuring the dynamical…

Seismic full-waveform inversion (FWI) uses full seismic records to estimate subsurface velocity structure. This requires a highly nonlinear and nonunique inverse problem to be solved, and Bayesian methods have been used to quantify…

Geophysics · Physics 2021-04-13 Xin Zhang , Andrew Curtis

Active faults release tectonic stress imposed by plate motion through a spectrum of slip modes, from slow, aseismic slip, to dynamic, seismic events. Slow earthquakes are often associated with tectonic tremor, non-impulsive signals that can…

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

Among the biggest challenges we face in utilizing neural networks trained on waveform data (i.e., seismic, electromagnetic, or ultrasound) is its application to real data. The requirement for accurate labels forces us to develop solutions…

Geophysics · Physics 2021-09-14 Tariq Alkhalifah , Hanchen Wang , Oleg Ovcharenko