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Robust Time-domain Migration Velocity Analysis Methods for Initial-model Building in a Full Waveform Tomography Workflow
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2016, May 2016, Volume 2016, p.1 - 5
Abstract
Full-waveform tomography (FWT) is notorious for its strong dependence on the initial model. We present a workflow for the construction of initial velocity-models for FWT methods consisting of automatic time-migration velocity analysis by means of double multi-stack migration, followed by time-to-depth conversion by image-ray wavefront propagation. Evaluation of the converted velocity model as an initial velocity model in an acoustic FWT process indicates the potential of using a combination of these methods to achieve a fully automatic tool for initial-model building in a FWT workflow. Our tests on a modified version of the Marmousi-2 model have shown that correct background velocity information can be successfully extracted from automatic time-domain migration velocity analysis even in media where time-migration cannot provide satisfactory seismic images.