Reconstruction of Slowness Distribution of a Medium between Two Boreholes from First Arrival Traveltime Data

Uestuendag D.

3rd IASME/WSEAS International Conference on Geology and Seismology, Cambridge, Canada, 24 - 26 February 2009, pp.126-132, (Full Text) identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • City: Cambridge
  • Country: Canada
  • Page Numbers: pp.126-132
  • Marmara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We consider a problem of reconstruction of seismic wave speed distribution from a set of measured first arrival traveltimes in presence of strong velocity contrasts, which cause the problem to be highly non-linear. In this context, a stable iterative reconstruction algorithm, proposed by Berryman (1990) is studied. An attempt is therefore made to improve and also used it for a simple synthetic borehole test after writing its algorithm in a C++ code. The simulations results support the effectiveness of the method.