Subwavelength Imaging using Seismic Scanning Tunneling Macroscope Field Data Example G. Dutta, A. AlTheyab, S. Hanafy, G. Schuster King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia September 19, 2012
Outline Motivation Motivation Background Background Theory Theory Kaust Field Experiment Kaust Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Conclusions Conclusions
Outline Motivation Motivation Background Background Theory Theory Kaust Field Experiment Kaust Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Conclusions Conclusions
0 km 7 km 0 km 3 km Why is Resolution Important ? ? KM image 0 km 7 km Least Squares KM image
Outline Motivation Motivation Background Background Theory Theory KAUST Field Experiment KAUST Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Conclusions Conclusions
Background Depth ΔxΔx Z De Fornel (2001) and Jia et al. (2010) got super-resolution in optical imaging.with evanescent waves. De Fornel (2001) and Jia et al. (2010) got super-resolution in optical imaging.with evanescent waves. Schuster et al. (2012) used SSTM to get super-resolution with numerical experiments. Schuster et al. (2012) used SSTM to get super-resolution with numerical experiments.
Outline Motivation Motivation Background Background Theory Theory Kaust Field Experiment Kaust Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Conclusions Conclusions
Seismic Scanning Tunneling Macroscope Sources Receivers Scatterer r Post-stack migration image (Schuster et al. 2012):
Seismic Scanning Tunneling Macroscope r Post-stack migration image: ` S’ Near field resolution Far field resolution
Outline Motivation Motivation Background Background Theory Theory KAUST Field Experiment KAUST Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Conclusions Conclusions
Sources Line 1 Line 5 Line 4 Line 3 Line 2 Layout of the Field Experiment Scatterer near shot 12
Layout of the Field Experiment
Common Shot Gathers a) CSGs before putting any scatterer b) CSGs after burying a scatterer
Migration Images R R Without Scatterers With Scatterers
Resolution at full bandwidth of the data 1.2 m 0.6 m
Resolution at half bandwidth of the data 0.6 m
Outline Motivation Motivation Background Background Theory Theory KAUST Field Experiment KAUST Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Conclusions Conclusions
Qademah Field Experiment with no scatterer
Qademah Field Experiment with one scatterer
Qademah Field Experiment with two scatterers
Migration Images Trial Source Location Actual Source Location R 15 m R With scatterers Without scatterers
Migration Images Trial Source Location Actual Source Location R R With scatterers Without scatterers
Migration Image for the weaker scatterer R Trial Source Location Actual Source Location R With scatterers Without scatterers
Outline Motivation Motivation Background Background Theory Theory KAUST Field Experiment KAUST Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Qademah Field Experiment Conclusions Conclusions
Conclusions
Acknowledgements We would like to thank King Abdullah University of Science and Technology King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Society of Exploration Geophysicists Society of Exploration Geophysicists Chamber of Geophysical Engineers of Turkey Chamber of Geophysical Engineers of Turkey
THANK YOU !!!