Method and apparatus for estimating surface wave coda using time-reversal experiments

摘要

Surface wave coda in seismic data recorded with a data acquisition system over an underground formation is estimated using time-reversal experiments. First time-reversal experiments use a first time-reversal mirror including a target source and one or more other sources to obtain estimates of surface waves traveling from other receivers to a target receiver. Second time-reversal experiments obtain a coda estimate for a surface wave traveling from the target source to the target receiver using a second time-reversal mirror including the target receiver and the other receivers.