Numerical modelling of a buried directional seismic source

Madjid Berraki (1) , Axelle Baroni (2) , Bertrand Dubus (1)

1 IEMN - Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520
2 Institut Français du Pétrole

This study investigates the feasibility of a buried directional seismic source for purpose of monitoring or foothills imaging. A numerical model is presented, which aims at determine the elastic wave field radiated by a theoretical directional source embedded in a layered half space.

Mots clés: theoretical directional source; october 2004; directional seismic source; amplitude; receiver; numerical modeling; layered half space; domain solution; directional source; exposition

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Madjid Berraki, Axelle Baroni, Bertrand Dubus. Numerical modelling of a buried directional seismic source. Proceedings of the 74th Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysics, Oct 2004, Denver, CO, United States. ⟨hal-00131110⟩