Reverse time migration (RTM) is a seismic imaging method to map the subsurface reflectivity
using recorded seismic waveforms. The practice in exploration seismology has long …

Seismic velocity and attenuation anisotropy are ubiquitous in the crust and upper mantle,
significantly modulating the characteristics of seismic wave propagation in the Earth's …

The absorption (anelastic attenuation) and anisotropy properties of subsurface media jointly
affect the seismic wave propagation and the quality of migration imaging. Anisotropic …

Quantifying the attenuation of seismic waves propagating in the Earth interior is critical to
study the subsurface structure. Previous studies have proposed fractional anelastic wave …

We have developed a new time-domain viscoacoustic wave equation for simulating wave
propagation in anelastic media. The new wave equation is derived by inserting the complex …

The calculation of the gradient in full-waveform inversion (FWI) usually involves
crosscorrelating the forward-propagated source wavefield and the back-propagated data …

Elastic reverse time migration (RTM) has the ability to retrieve accurately migrated images of
complex subsurface structures by imaging the multicomponent seismic data. However, the …

During seismic wave propagation, intrinsic attenuation inside the earth gives rise to
amplitude loss and phase dispersion. Without appropriate correction strategies in migration …

Low values of P-and S-wave quality factors Q p and Q s result in strong intrinsic seismic
attenuation in seismic modeling and imaging. We use a linearized waveform inversion …

Seismic anisotropy is the fundamental phenomenon of wave propagation in the earth's
interior. Numerical modeling of wave behavior is critical for exploration and global …