GeoVerse Lab
← Intelligent Geophysical Exploration Division

Seismic Exploration & Imaging Center

Develops advanced seismic acquisition, processing, and imaging technologies for high-resolution subsurface characterization, specializing in reflection seismology, velocity model building, and structural imaging for oil and gas exploration and CO2 storage.

Seismic Exploration & Imaging CenterGravity & Magnetic Methods CenterElectromagnetic Methods CenterEarthquake Seismology CenterIntegrated Geophysics & Interpretation CenterInversion & Modeling CenterWell Logging & Petrophysics Center
Research Fields 23
Full-Waveform Inversion
🌊 Full-Waveform Inversion
Full-waveform inversion (FWI) is a data-fitting procedure that estimates the elastic (or a…
Reverse-Time & Kirchhoff Migration Imaging
πŸŒ‹ Reverse-Time & Kirchhoff Migration Imaging
Reverse-time and Kirchhoff migration relocate recorded seismic reflections from their surf…
Velocity Analysis & Normal Moveout
πŸ“Š Velocity Analysis & Normal Moveout
Velocity analysis and normal moveout estimate subsurface velocity directly from reflection…
Vibroseis & Seismic Source Technology
πŸš› Vibroseis & Seismic Source Technology
Vibroseis and seismic source technology designs and deploys controlled seismic sources tha…
Reflection Seismic Method & Land Acquisition
πŸ’₯ Reflection Seismic Method & Land Acquisition
The reflection seismic method and land acquisition establishes the foundational field meth…
Marine Seismic Source & Sonar-Based Acquisition
πŸ”Š Marine Seismic Source & Sonar-Based Acquisition
Marine seismic source and sonar-based acquisition traces the physical and engineering foun…
Seismic Data Recording & Automated Processing
🎞️ Seismic Data Recording & Automated Processing
Seismic data recording and automated processing addresses the fidelity and reproducibility…
Marine/Offshore Seismic Acquisition
🚒 Marine/Offshore Seismic Acquisition
Marine and offshore seismic acquisition designs and executes the survey systems that colle…
Deep Crustal Seismic Reflection Profiling
πŸ”οΈ Deep Crustal Seismic Reflection Profiling
Deep crustal seismic reflection profiling adapts the acquisition and processing techniques…
Applied Geophysics Industry & Instrumentation Founding
🏭 Applied Geophysics Industry & Instrumentation Founding
Applied geophysics industry and instrumentation founding addresses the commercial contract…
Seismic Trace Inversion & Synthetic Well Logs
πŸ“ˆ Seismic Trace Inversion & Synthetic Well Logs
Seismic trace inversion converts a recorded seismic amplitude trace, which represents refl…
Shear-Wave & Multicomponent Seismic Prospecting
πŸ”€ Shear-Wave & Multicomponent Seismic Prospecting
Shear-wave and multicomponent seismic prospecting records and interprets seismic wave type…
DAS Fiber-Optic Seismic Acquisition
🧡 DAS Fiber-Optic Seismic Acquisition
Distributed acoustic sensing repurposes an ordinary telecommunications- grade optical fibe…
Surface Waves & Near-Surface Seismic
πŸŒ€ Surface Waves & Near-Surface Seismic
Surface waves and near-surface seismic exploits Rayleigh and Love waves, seismic energy th…
Seismic Anisotropy
🧭 Seismic Anisotropy
Seismic anisotropy characterizes how seismic velocity in real rocks depends on the directi…
AVO/AVA & Rock-Physics-Based Interpretation
πŸ“ AVO/AVA & Rock-Physics-Based Interpretation
AVO/AVA and rock-physics-based interpretation analyzes how seismic reflection amplitude at…
Traveltime Tomography & Initial Velocity
πŸ•ΈοΈ Traveltime Tomography & Initial Velocity
Traveltime tomography and initial velocity model building inverts observed first-arrival t…
Multiple Attenuation (SRME) & Deconvolution
πŸ” Multiple Attenuation (SRME) & Deconvolution
Multiple attenuation and deconvolution removes seismic energy that has reflected more than…
Survey Design & Illumination Analysis
πŸ”¦ Survey Design & Illumination Analysis
Survey design and illumination analysis evaluates, before a seismic crew ever deploys a si…
Simultaneous-Source Separation & Data Interpolation
🧩 Simultaneous-Source Separation & Data Interpolation
Simultaneous-source separation and data interpolation addresses two related consequences o…
Attenuation (Q) & Viscoelasticity
🌑️ Attenuation (Q) & Viscoelasticity
Attenuation and viscoelasticity models the intrinsic loss of seismic energy to heat as a w…
Least-Squares Migration (LSRTM)
πŸ“‰ Least-Squares Migration (LSRTM)
Least-squares migration reformulates conventional migration, which applies a single adjoin…
Time-Lapse (4D) Seismic Monitoring
⏱️ Time-Lapse (4D) Seismic Monitoring
Time-lapse, or 4D, seismic monitoring repeats a seismic survey over the same producing or …