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Hybrid Virtual Interferometry Technique Based on Stacking of Neighboring Virtual Traces to Enhance Acoustic Logging Data

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The accurate extraction of useful signals from the measurement data is one of the important parts and challenges of the understanding of subsurface information. The desired signal is usually hidden in the background noise, and the amplitude is weak due to the particular geological environment of the subsurface or the consistency of the measuring instrument. By extending the theory of seismic interferometry to include the effects of adjacent virtual channels and by combining super- and reverse-virtual interferometry, we obtain a hybrid virtual interferometry technique based on stacking neighboring virtual traces for wave reconstruction. We have verified the effectiveness of the processing method in suppressing noise interference and extracting useful signals using synthetic data tests. The method is applied to the processing and interpretation of acoustic measurements acquired in a cased borehole of a coal formation and an open hole of an igneous formation, where the processed waveforms are finely reconstructed, and the estimated slowness results are in good agreement with other measurements, thus providing an effective tool for data analysis.

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The second field data used in this study are provided by the IODP and available from http://publications.iodp.org/index.html. This work was supported in part by the National Key R&D Program of China (grant no. 2021YFE0108800), in part by the Young-Talents-Project Start-up Foundation of Ocean University of China (202212017), and in part by the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by the China Association for Science and Technology (2019QNRC001). Dr. Song Xu thanks Drs. Douglas Schmitt, Yanxin Yin, and Ying Liu for their valuable comments and suggestions that have helped improve the manuscript. The authors would like to thank the Editor in Chief, Michael J. Rycroft, and the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences and Prospecting Techniques, Ministry of Education (MOE), College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, Shandong, China

    Song Xu, Shun Li & Zhihui Zou

  2. Evaluation and Detection Technology Laboratory of Marine Mineral Resources, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266061, Shandong, China

    Song Xu & Zhihui Zou

  3. Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, Shandong, China

    Song Xu & Zhihui Zou

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Xu, S., Li, S. & Zou, Z. Hybrid Virtual Interferometry Technique Based on Stacking of Neighboring Virtual Traces to Enhance Acoustic Logging Data. Surv Geophys 45, 745–771 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-024-09825-z

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