Affiliation:
1. Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-2215
Abstract
We present a method for estimating seismic attenuation based on frequency shift data. In most natural materials, seismic attenuation increases with frequency. The high‐frequency components of the seismic signal are attenuated more rapidly than the low‐frequency components as waves propagate. As a result, the centroid of the signal's spectrum experiences a downshift during propagation. Under the assumption of a frequency‐independent Q model, this downshift is proportional to a path integral through the attenuation distribution and can be used as observed data to reconstruct the attenuation distribution tomographically. The frequency shift method is applicable in any seismic survey geometry where the signal bandwidth is broad enough and the attenuation is high enough to cause noticeable losses of high frequencies during propagation. In comparison to some other methods of estimating attenuation, our frequency shift method is relatively insensitive to geometric spreading, reflection and transmission effects, source and receiver coupling and radiation patterns, and instrument responses. Tests of crosswell attenuation tomography on 1-D and 2-D geological structures are presented.
Publisher
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Subject
Geochemistry and Petrology,Geophysics
Cited by
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