Comparison of sparse Gabor-based methods for detection of microseismic events

Author:

Bui Hanh1ORCID,van der Baan Mirko2ORCID,Sacchi Mauricio D.2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Alberta, Department of Physics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (corresponding author)

2. University of Alberta, Department of Physics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Abstract

Event detection and selection is a challenging and time-consuming step in microseismic data processing because signals often are embedded in noisy recordings. Automated triggering-based algorithms can detect many potential events in the data. However, their precision rates often are low, thus requiring substantial manual labor to select desired events of interest. This study investigates two time-frequency methods which combine signal enhancement with automated event detection and selection, namely, (1) the sparse Gabor transform and (2) the neighboring block thresholding. Both methods use thresholding in the time-frequency domain to increase signal enhancement, followed by an energy detection criterion, leading to improved event detection with higher precision rates. However, the neighboring block thresholding causes amplitude fidelity issues and we observe changes in the relative and maximum amplitudes of the waveforms reconstructed from the thresholded coefficients. Conversely, the sparse Gabor transform attenuates the noise significantly while preserving the signals. Thus, this time-frequency method is suitable for enhanced event detection and subsequent processing, including magnitude estimation and moment tensor inversion.

Publisher

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Subject

Geochemistry and Petrology,Geophysics

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