Automatic First Break Detection by Spectral Decomposition Using Minimum Uncertainty Wavelets
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description: Seismic Signal Processing can be effectively utilized to determine micro- seismic events. With the advances in hydraulic fracturing techniques, first break detection has become really important in locating micro-seismic events. The measured data collected gathers far more information than can be extracted by human operators and whose interpretation can consume a lot of time. The transforma- tion in the computational efficiency suggests the involvement of computers in interpreting the measured data. We suggest a new method of first break detec- tion that is based on time-frequency spectral decomposition method and utilizes the Cn Transform and the Super-Gaussian μ wavelets. We tested our method on lab data with various signals and first arrival time was determined. The results were compared to the manual detection and our method had an accuracy of 0.6 μ seconds. The results indicate that our method is robust and is successful in detecting the first arrival time automatically.
abstract: Seismic Signal Processing can be effectively utilized to determine micro- seismic events. With the advances in hydraulic fracturing techniques, first break detection has become really important in locating micro-seismic events. The measured data collected gathers far more information than can be extracted by human operators and whose interpretation can consume a lot of time. The transforma- tion in the computational efficiency suggests the involvement of computers in interpreting the measured data. We suggest a new method of first break detec- tion that is based on time-frequency spectral decomposition method and utilizes the Cn Transform and the Super-Gaussian μ wavelets. We tested our method on lab data with various signals and first arrival time was determined. The results were compared to the manual detection and our method had an accuracy of 0.6 μ seconds. The results indicate that our method is robust and is successful in detecting the first arrival time automatically.
author: Kapur, Sunil 1988-
language: eng
keywords: Super Gaussian Mu-Wavelets, First Break Detection, Spectral decomposition, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, Singular Value Decomposition Method, Cn transform
date published: 2012-12
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:31:47Z
provider: University of Houston
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Houston

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