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NUMERICAL METHODS FOR INVERSE PROBLEMS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOPHYSICAL MODELING

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National Science Foundation 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
2709 		Program Year/Program:
1987 / SBIR
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2709 		Solicitation Year:
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N/A
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Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
375 Hudson St FL 12 New York, NY -
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Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 1987
Title: NUMERICAL METHODS FOR INVERSE PROBLEMS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOPHYSICAL MODELING
Agency: NSF
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $198,000.00
 

Abstract:

NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED FOR THE MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF COMPLLEX GEEOLOGICAL REGIONS BY INVERSION OF SEISMIC REFLECTION AND REEFRACTION DATA. SURFACE MODELING, RAY TRACING, NONLINEAR LEAST-SQUARES AND LARGE-SCALE FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTIONS OF THE ELASTIC WAVE EQUATION ARE THE MAIN ASPECTS TO BE CONSIDERED IN AN INTEGRATED WAY. THE AIM IS TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE CURRENT CAPABILITIES FOR MODELING THREE-DIMENSIONAL, INHOMOGENEOUS, PIECEWISE SMOOTH REGIONS. THIS WILL INVOLVE DETERMINATION OF MATERIALPROPERTIES AND INTERFACES WITH MORE PRECISION AND RESOLUTIONTHAN IS PRESENTLY DONE. THESE CAPABILITIES WILL IMPROVE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY FOR ENERGY RESOURCE PROSPECTING, SEISMIC RISK ASSESMENT, AND OTHER APPLICATIONS.

Principal Investigator:

Victor L Pereyra
Senior Research Scientist
4158570960

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Weidlinger Associates
333 Seventh Ave New York, NY 10001

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