Seam Waves - Trapped waves inside coal beds / José Regueiro

When a shot is fired inside a coal seam, much of the seismic energy produced may be trapped inside the seam.

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Elastic wave speeds in coal are often less than in the rocks which form the roof and floor of the coal seam. This low-speed core with high-speed walls might be expected to form a waveguide in which seismic energy, once trapped, could propagate parallel to the seam with relatively low attenuation (assuming an obstruction did not intervene).

The coal seam guide is quite similar to the surface waveguide or the SOFAR channel which so dominates long-range sound transmission in the oceans. In the coal seam, both Love and pseudo-Rayleigh waves are possible.

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Jose Regueiro

José Pepe Regueiro holds the degrees of B.Sc.(1978), M.Sc(1980) and Ph.D (1984) from the Colorado School of Mines. with more than 35 years of experience, both in industry and academia, he is an expert in the so called Seismic Methodologies applied to the Energy Industry. He has been applying, and teaching, Seismic Attributes for more than 30 years. He is the President of Geociencias Virtuales C.A., a company dedicated to teach online courses in Geosciences.

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Elastic wave speeds in coal are often less than in the rocks which form the roof and floor of the coal seam. This low-speed core with high-speed walls might be expected to form a waveguide in which seismic energy, once trapped, could propagate parallel to the seam with relatively low attenuation.

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