Sensitivity analysis of fracture scattering
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Author(s)
Fang, Xinding
Fehler, Michael
Chen, Tianrun
Zhu, Zhenya
Burns, Daniel R
Date Issued
December 2012
Journal
Geophysics
Publisher
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Citation
Fang, Xinding, Michael Fehler, Tianrun Chen, Daniel Burns, and Zhenya Zhu. “Sensitivity analysis of fracture scattering.” GEOPHYSICS 78, no. 1 (January 2013): T1-T10. © 2012 Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
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Abstract
We use 2D and 3D finite-difference modeling to numerically calculate the seismic response of a single finite fracture with a linear-slip boundary in a homogeneous elastic medium. We use a point explosive source and ignore the free surface effect, so the fracture scattered wavefield contains two parts: P-to-P scattering and P-to-S scattering. The elastic response of the fracture is described by the fracture compliance. We vary the incident angle and fracture compliance within a range considered appropriate for field observations and investigate the P-to-P and P-to-S scattering patterns of a single fracture. P-to-P and P-to-S fracture scattering patterns are sensitive to the ratio of normal to tangential fracture compliance and incident angle, whereas the scattering amplitude is proportional to the compliance, which agrees with the Born scattering analysis. We find that, for a vertical fracture, if the source is located at the surface, most of the energy scattered by the fracture propagates downwards. We also study the effect of fracture height on the scattering pattern and scattering amplitude.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2011-0521.1
