Seismic tomography: a window into deep Earth

N Rawlinson, S Pozgay, S Fishwick - Physics of the Earth and Planetary …, 2010 - Elsevier
The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of the current state of the art in seismic
tomography, and trace its origins from pioneering work in the early 1970s to its present …

Seismic tomography and the assessment of uncertainty

N Rawlinson, A Fichtner, M Sambridge… - Advances in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Seismic tomography is a powerful tool for illuminating Earth structure across a range of
scales, but the usefulness of any image that is generated by this method is dependent on …

Seismic ray tracing and wavefront tracking in laterally heterogeneous media

N Rawlinson, J Hauser, M Sambridge - Advances in geophysics, 2008 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter describes a variety of schemes for tracking the kinematic
evolution of high frequency seismic waves in heterogeneous 2-D and 3-D structures. Where …

Attenuation tomography: An application to gas‐hydrate and free‐gas detection

G Rossi, D Gei, G Böhm, G Madrussani… - Geophysical …, 2007 - earthdoc.org
We estimate the quality factor (Q) from seismic reflections by using a tomographic inversion
algorithm based on the frequency‐shift method. The algorithm is verified with a synthetic …

2-D/3-D irregular shortest-path ray tracing for multiple arrivals and its applications

C Bai, G Huang, R Zhao - Geophysical Journal International, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The purpose of this study is to introduce a multistage irregular shortest-path method (ISPM)
for tracking multiple seismic arrivals including any combinations of transmissions, reflections …

Seismic survey on an open pingo system in Adventdalen Valley, Spitsbergen, Svalbard

G Rossi, F Accaino, J Boaga, L Petronio… - Near Surface …, 2018 - earthdoc.org
We present the results of a seismic survey on an open‐system pingo, the Innerhytta pingo,
located in the Adventdalen Valley, Spitsbergen Island of the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway …

Broadband Q-factor imaging for geofluid detection in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea)

A Vesnaver, G Böhm, M Busetti, M Dal Cin… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Seismic surveys allow estimating lithological parameters, as P-wave velocity and anelastic
absorption, which can detect the presence of fracture and fluids in the geological formations …

Gas hydrates, free gas distribution and fault pattern on the west Svalbard continental margin

G Madrussani, G Rossi… - Geophysical Journal …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
A 3-D tomographic analysis of seismic velocity and attenuation fields is presented with the
purpose to analyse the intimate relation of gas hydrates and free gas distribution with the …

[PDF][PDF] Seismic tomography with irregular meshes

M Sambridge, N Rawlinson, A Levander… - GEOPHYSICAL …, 2005 - researchgate.net
The current state of seismic tomography using irregular parameterizations is described. A
review is given of previous work in the area covering local, regional and global seismic …

Irregular interface parametrization in 3-D wide-angle seismic traveltime tomography

N Rawlinson, M Sambridge - Geophysical Journal International, 2003 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the potential advantages and pitfalls of using an irregular interface
parametrization in 3-D wide-angle seismic traveltime tomography. Several synthetic tests …