Seismic Interferometry

Seismic interferometry is an exciting field in geophysics utilising multiple scattering events to provide unprecedented views of the Earth's subsurface. This is a comprehensive book describing the theory and practice of seismic interferometry with an emphasis on applications in exploration seismology. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter, and the text is supplemented by online MATLAB codes that illustrate important ideas and allow readers to generate synthetic traces and invert these to determine the Earth's reflectivity structure. Later chapters reinforce these principles by deriving the rigorous mathematics of seismic interferometry. Incorporating examples that apply interferometric imaging to synthetic and field data, from applied geophysics and earthquake seismology, this book is a valuable reference for academic researchers and oil industry professionals. It can also be used to teach a one-semester course for advanced students in geophysics and petroleum engineering.

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Reciprocity equations of convolution and correlation types; 3. VSP?SWP correlation transform; 4. VSP?SSP correlation transform; 5. VSP?SSP convolution transform; 6. SSP?SSP correlation transform; 7. VSP?VSP correlation transform; 8. SSP? VSP? SWP transforms; 9. Traveltime interferometry; 10. Stochastic interferometry; 11. Interferometric source estimation; 12. Body wave earthquake interferometry; References; Index.

This 2009 book describes the theory and practice of seismic interferometry for creating unprecedented views of the Earth's subsurface structures. With numerous exercises and MATLAB codes, it is a valuable reference for academic researchers and oil industry professionals, and can be used on advanced courses in geophysics and petroleum engineering.