An overview of full-waveform inversion in exploration geophysics

J Virieux, S Operto - Geophysics, 2009 - library.seg.org
Full-waveform inversion (FWI) is a challenging data-fitting procedure based on full-wavefield
modeling to extract quantitative information from seismograms. High-resolution imaging at …

Seismic wavefield imaging of Earth's interior across scales

J Tromp - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Seismic full-waveform inversion (FWI) for imaging Earth's interior was introduced in the late
1970s. Its ultimate goal is to use all of the information in a seismogram to understand the …

[LIVRE][B] Full seismic waveform modelling and inversion

A Fichtner - 2010 - books.google.com
Recent progress in numerical methods and computer science allows us today to simulate
the propagation of seismic waves through realistically heterogeneous Earth models with …

Seismic imaging of complex onshore structures by 2D elastic frequency-domain full-waveform inversion

R Brossier, S Operto, J Virieux - Geophysics, 2009 - library.seg.org
Quantitative imaging of the elastic properties of the subsurface at depth is essential for civil
engineering applications and oil-and gas-reservoir characterization. A realistic synthetic …

3D finite-difference frequency-domain modeling of visco-acoustic wave propagation using a massively parallel direct solver: A feasibility study

S Operto, J Virieux, P Amestoy, JY L'Excellent… - Geophysics, 2007 - library.seg.org
We present a finite-difference frequency-domain method for 3D visco-acoustic wave
propagation modeling. In the frequency domain, the underlying numerical problem is the …

An optimal transport approach for seismic tomography: Application to 3D full waveform inversion

L Métivier, R Brossier, Q Merigot, E Oudet… - Inverse …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The use of optimal transport distance has recently yielded significant progress in image
processing for pattern recognition, shape identification, and histograms matching. In this …

Multiparameter full waveform inversion of multicomponent ocean-bottom-cable data from the Valhall field. Part 1: Imaging compressional wave speed, density and …

V Prieux, R Brossier, S Operto… - Geophysical Journal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Multiparameter full waveform inversion (FWI) is a challenging quantitative seismic imaging
method for lithological characterization and reservoir monitoring. The difficulties in …

Guided wave tomography based on full waveform inversion

J Rao, M Ratassepp, Z Fan - IEEE transactions on ultrasonics …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a guided wave tomography method based on full waveform inversion (FWI) is
developed for accurate and high-resolution reconstruction of the remaining wall thickness in …

[LIVRE][B] Seismic inversion: Theory and applications

Y Wang - 2016 - books.google.com
Seismic inversion aims to reconstruct a quantitative model of the Earth subsurface, by
solving an inverse problem based on seismic measurements. There are at least three …

Regularized seismic full waveform inversion with prior model information

A Asnaashari, R Brossier, S Garambois, F Audebert… - Geophysics, 2013 - library.seg.org
Full waveform inversion (FWI) delivers high-resolution quantitative images and is a
promising technique to obtain macroscale physical property model of the subsurface. In …