System and method for generating 3D images of non-linear properties of rock formation using surface seismic or surface to borehole seismic or both
A system and method of characterizing properties of a medium from a non-linear interaction are include generating, by first and second acoustic sources disposed on a surface of the medium on a first line, first and second acoustic waves. The first and second acoustic sources are controllable such that trajectories of the first and second acoustic waves intersect in a mixing zone within the medium. The method further includes receiving, by a receiver positioned in a plane containing the first and second acoustic sources, a third acoustic wave generated by a non-linear mixing process from the first and second acoustic waves in the mixing zone; and creating a first two-dimensional image of non-linear properties or a first ratio of compressional velocity and shear velocity, or both, of the medium in a first plane generally perpendicular to the surface and containing the first line, based on the received third acoustic wave.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Assignee:
- CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. (San Ramon, CA)
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,360,573
- Application Number:
- 14/092,051
- OSTI ID:
- 1255968
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2013 Nov 27
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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