Imaging from vertical seismic profiling data with controlled reflection angle in a medium with anisotropic layers within their symmetry plane
https://doi.org/10.18303/2619-1563-2026-1-108
Abstract
In this paper the algorithm for borehole vicinity imaging from vertical seismic profiling data with controlled reflection angle, developed previously in IPGG SB RAS, is implemented and investigated in case of anisotropic medium within its vertical symmetry plane. Realization of ray tracing with reflection and refraction in anisotropic medium is considered along with application of parameter providing solution stability. Resolving the rays of reflected and refracted waves requires solving the fourth order algebraic equation. General case of anisotropic medium requires developing a more complex algorithm.
Supporting agencies: the study was carried out within the framework of the project No. FWZZ-2026-0050
About the Author
W. V. Karsten
KarstenTrofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, SB RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Wladimir V. Karsten
Koptyug Ave., 3, Novosibirsk, 630090
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Karsten W.V. Imaging from vertical seismic profiling data with controlled reflection angle in a medium with anisotropic layers within their symmetry plane. Russian Journal of Geophysical Technologies. 2026;(1):108-115. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18303/2619-1563-2026-1-108
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