Modelling and inversion of seismic waveform and electromagnetic data using integral equation methods

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The principal aim of this project is to develop geophysical methods for better fluid and reservoir characterization. The main idea behind the project is that one can use the same kind of forward and inverse scattering series methods for the modelling and inversion of seismic waveform and CSEM data. Traditionally, workers in the seismic and electromagnetic geophysical communities have not communicated much with each other, although there is a great potential in the modification of methods originally devel oped for use in electromagnetic geophysics for use in seismic geophysics. Also, having similar methods allows us to set up a consistent model for the seismic and electromagnetic properties of a reservoir, and to develop more efficient and accurate systems for joint inversion of seismic and CSEM data. The methods we propose to develop will relevant for both exploration and production, although our numerical experiments may be biased towards applications to geophysical reservoir monitoring.