Tracking near-surface fluid saturation using compressional and surface seismic waves


Results
  • Introduction
  • Experiment Design
  • Hydrologic model of the water table
  • Quantifying the time dependence of data
  • Compressional wave methods
    ---- Compressional structure at reference time
    ---- compressional velocitychanges through time
  • Surface wave analysis
    ---- Rayleigh wave modeling
    ---- Time-variance of dispersion relation
    ---- Shear wave structure
    ---- Shear velocitychanges with time
    ---- Comparison of compressional and shear wave velocity
  • Conclusion




    Prelimenary Research Pages
  • Experiment design and purpose
  • Development of a reference profile
  • Determining changes in the first arrival
  • Comparing the time shift between record sections
  • Modeling of ground water flow
    (Sensitivity of ground water model)

  • Photo: Josh Radoff using a sledge hammer to create a seismic impulse. 2500+ signals were used to track the distribution of water in the sand through a tide cycle.


    Photo:The seismic energy travelled through the a mix of dry, damp amd saturated sands.


    Photo: An array of buried geophones recorded the seismic response.