Quantitative assessment of seismic source performance Feasibility of small and affordable seismic sources for long term monitoring at the Ketzin CO2 storage site, Germany》.pdf

Journal of Applied Geophysics 107 (2014) 171 –186 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Applied Geophysics journal homepa ge: /l ocate/j appgeo Quantitative assessment of seismic source performance: Feasibility of small and affordable seismic sources for long term monitoring at the Ketzin CO2 storage site, Germany Daniel Sopher a,⁎, Christopher Juhlin a,1, Fei Huang a,2, Monika Ivandic a,3, Stefan Lueth b,4 a Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences, Villavägen 16, SE-75236 Uppsala, Sweden b Zentrum fuer Geologische Speicherung, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: We apply a range of quantitative pre-stack analysis techniques to assess the feasibility of using smaller and Received 16 December 2013 cheaper seismic sources, than those currently used at the Ketzin CO2 storage site. Results from two smaller Accepted 20 May 2014 land sources are presented alongside those from a larger, more powerful source, typically utilized for seismic Available online 29 May 2014 acquisition at the Ketzin. The geological target for the study is the Triassic Stuttgart Formation which contains a saline aquifer currently used for CO2 storage. The reservoir lies at a depth of approximately 630 m, equivalent Keywords: Vibsist to a travel time of 500 ms along the study profile. The three sources discussed in the study are the Vibsist 3000, Pre-stack analysis