13. The following table gives two-way travel-times of seismic waves reflected from different reflecting inter- faces in a horizontally layered medium. Travel-time [s] to Geophone to shot-point distance [m] First reflector Second reflector Third reflector 0.299 0.566 0.841 1.117 1.393 500 0.364 0.592 1000 1500 0.517 0.638 0.701 0.897 0.708 0.799 2000 2500 1.099 0.896

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13. The following table gives two-way travel-times of
seismic waves reflected from different reflecting inter-
faces in a horizontally layered medium.
Travel-time [s] to
Geophone to
shot-point
distance [m]
Second
reflector
Third
reflector
First
reflector
0.299
0.566
0.364
0.517
0.592
0.638
500
1000
1500
0.841
0.701
0.708
1.117
1.393
2000
0.897
0.799
2500
1.099
0.896
(a) Draw a plot of (travel-time)? against (distance)?.
(b) Determine the vertical two-way travel-time
("echo-time") and average velocity to each
reflecting interface.
(c) Compute the depth of each reflector and the
thickness of each layer.
(d) Compute the true velocity (interval velocity) of
each layer.
Transcribed Image Text:13. The following table gives two-way travel-times of seismic waves reflected from different reflecting inter- faces in a horizontally layered medium. Travel-time [s] to Geophone to shot-point distance [m] Second reflector Third reflector First reflector 0.299 0.566 0.364 0.517 0.592 0.638 500 1000 1500 0.841 0.701 0.708 1.117 1.393 2000 0.897 0.799 2500 1.099 0.896 (a) Draw a plot of (travel-time)? against (distance)?. (b) Determine the vertical two-way travel-time ("echo-time") and average velocity to each reflecting interface. (c) Compute the depth of each reflector and the thickness of each layer. (d) Compute the true velocity (interval velocity) of each layer.
(e) Verify your results by computing the total verti-
cal travel-time for a wave reflected from the
deepest interface.
Transcribed Image Text:(e) Verify your results by computing the total verti- cal travel-time for a wave reflected from the deepest interface.
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