Benefits of Full-Waveform Modelling and Inversion. A Case Study from the Polish Basin

In this study we present the workflow and results of modelling the 3D wide-offset data acquired in central Poland during the GRUNDY 2003 seismic experiment. Previously those data were modeled using more "conventional" approach, like reflection processing and the traveltime tomography. Here we focus on the application of the frequency-domain full-waveform tomography for the interpretation of such kind of seismic data. We consider this method as a tool for obtaining both the structural image and a detailed velocity field in single step without the need for performing prestack migration or forward ray-tracing modelling. The validity of our results was tested by the comparison with well velocity survey.