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Unlocking Earth's subsurface with Full Waveform Inversion 🌍🌊! This high-resolution seismic imaging technique analyzes seismic waves to reveal underground structures with incredible detail. 🏔️🔬

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https://library.seg.org/doi/abs/10.1190/1.9781560803027.entry6 Key points: - Early methods (1910s-1970s) relied on basic seismic instruments like geophones and simple seismic sources (dynamite, hammer, air guns). - Migration and inversion methods (1980s-1990s) required computational advancements, leading to increased use of high-performance computing (HPC). - Full Waveform Inversion (2000s) depends on supercomputers and advanced algorithms, making it the most computationally demanding but also the most accurate. Figures details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g43Bk0A_IACY-QnXkSVN16rmkehq5vGBUL3B9ATn_E4/edit?usp=sharing Figures details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g43Bk0A_IACY-QnXkSVN16rmkehq5vGBUL3B9ATn_E4/edit?usp=sharing Figures details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g43Bk0A_IACY-QnXkSVN16rmkehq5vGBUL3B9ATn_E4/edit?usp=sharing
February 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM