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US09046620B2 System and method for investigating sub-surface features and 3D imaging of non-linear property, compressional velocity VP, shear velocity VS and velocity ratio VP/VS of a rock formation
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用于研究岩层的非线性特性,压缩速度VP,剪切速度VS和速度比VP / VS的子表面特征和3D成像的系统和方法
- Patent Title: System and method for investigating sub-surface features and 3D imaging of non-linear property, compressional velocity VP, shear velocity VS and velocity ratio VP/VS of a rock formation
- Patent Title (中): 用于研究岩层的非线性特性,压缩速度VP,剪切速度VS和速度比VP / VS的子表面特征和3D成像的系统和方法
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Application No.: US13292929Application Date: 2011-11-09
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Publication No.: US09046620B2Publication Date: 2015-06-02
- Inventor: Cung Khac Vu , Christopher Skelt , Kurt Nihei , Paul A. Johnson , Robert Guyer , James A. Ten Cate , Pierre-Yves Le Bas , Carène S. Larmat
- Applicant: Cung Khac Vu , Christopher Skelt , Kurt Nihei , Paul A. Johnson , Robert Guyer , James A. Ten Cate , Pierre-Yves Le Bas , Carène S. Larmat
- Applicant Address: US NM Los Alamos US CA San Ramon
- Assignee: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY LLC,CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
- Current Assignee: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY LLC,CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NM Los Alamos US CA San Ramon
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
- Main IPC: G01V1/52
- IPC: G01V1/52 ; G01V1/50 ; G01V1/46 ; G01V1/00 ; G01V1/44 ; G10K15/02

Abstract:
A system and a method for generating a three-dimensional image of a rock formation, compressional velocity VP, shear velocity VS and velocity ratio VP/VS of a rock formation are provided. A first acoustic signal includes a first plurality of pulses. A second acoustic signal from a second source includes a second plurality of pulses. A detected signal returning to the borehole includes a signal generated by a non-linear mixing process from the first and second acoustic signals in a non-linear mixing zone within an intersection volume. The received signal is processed to extract the signal over noise and/or signals resulting from linear interaction and the three dimensional image of is generated.
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