Advanced Reflection Seismology and Seismic Imaging

The course starts with the fundamentals of seismic wave theory, which covers the propagation of waves through homogeneous and inhomogeneous media, decomposition of waves into downgoing and upgoing wave fields, and reflection of waves at interfaces between layers with different geological properties. Next, it discusses more advanced concepts like Rayleighs reciprocity theorem, Greens functions and wave field representations, from which forward and inverse wave field extrapolation algorithms are derived. Finally, these concepts are used together to derive a systematic forward model of seismic reflection data and it is shown how seismic imaging and multiple elimination can be derived by applying the inverse of this model to the seismic data.

Written exam; resit is optionally oral exam in case of few participants.

During some of the lecture hours, there will be (optional) short bonus tests, which can give up to 10% of the final mark. See announcements on Brightspace for the details.n/a

Permitted Materials during Exam

Closed book exam, no materials allowed during exam