Reverse VSP and crosswell seismic imaging at the Savannah River Site
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
- Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (United States)
- Tomoseis Inst., Houston, TX (United States)
Analysis of crosswell and three-component seismic data integrated with well logs have produced information on the distribution of subsurface heterogeneities below the In-Tank Precipitation facility at the Savannah River Site (SRS). The travel time P-wave tomogram and reflection imaging delineate lateral and vertical structural details of the formations. In particular, the high-resolution P-wave tomogram captures a low-velocity zone within the carbonates. This zone is surrounded by reflection events between depths of 150 and 200 ft. in the reflection imaging. The reflections are caused by the acoustic impedance contrast between the low velocity zone of `soupy` sand mixtures of unconsolidated materials and the more rigid and dense competent surrounded medium. The time-frequency analysis of full waveforms particle velocity identifies guided waves in form of leaky and normal modes at the depths of about 138 to 150 ft. This resulting change in lithology associated with the presence of guided waves is consistent with a velocity low observed in the vertical velocity profile determined from the inversion of three-component seismic data. This low-velocity zone intercepted by the wells H-BOR-34 and H-BOR-50 correlates with the conductive Griffins Landing Member, which is located above the carbonates. The result of the experiments demonstrate that the present high-resolution crosswell seismic measurement technique (using frequencies up to 1500 Hz) meets the resolution requirements to map geological and geotechnical targets in the vicinity of the In-Tank Precipitation facility at the Savannah River Site
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 256776
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-MS-96-0153; CONF-960477-8; ON: DE96060054; TRN: 94T00524
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 9. annual symposium on the application of geophysics to engineering and environmental problems, Denver, CO (United States), 15 Apr - 1 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: 27 Feb 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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