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Journal of Mining Sciences

2014 year, number 4

Wave Tomography of Methane Pockets in Coal Bed

M. V. KURLENYA1, A. S. SERDYUKOV2, A. A. DUCHKOV3, S. V. SERDYUKOV1
1Chinakal Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnyi pr. 54, Novosibirsk, 630091 Russia
2Novosibirsk State University, ul. Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia
3Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum-Gas Geology and Geophysics Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Koptyuga 3, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia
Keywords: coal bed, methane, jointed rock zones, seismic sounding, wave tomography

Abstract

The wave tomography method is a finite difference analog of the classical seismic ray tomography. The computational investigation is reported in the article. The proposed approach allows identification of velocity anomalies in jointed rock zones of methane accumulations if the sizes of these zones are comparable with the dominant wavelength of seismic sounding.