Imaging the Full Dispersive Modes of Scholte waves by Adding Independent
SGP Processing to Eliminate the Truncation Effects of Dispersive
Guided-P waves
Abstract
The inversion of Scholte wave dispersion curves is one of the most
important methods employed in the detection of marine sedimentary
structures. The measurement methods of Scholte wave dispersion are
primarily developed from terrestrial geophysical exploration
technologies. Unlike terrestrial seismic source excitation methods,
marine exploration typically uses air guns to generate seismic waves in
seawater, which will result in strongly dispersed Guided-P waves. We
found that the Guided-P waves will truncate the higher-mode dispersive
Scholte waves at their lower cutoff frequency. However, a simple
individual preprocess of suppressing Guided-P procedure (SGP) before
extracting dispersion curves can significantly increase the frequency
band and image the full dispersive modes of Scholte waves. The wider
frequency band and higher-mode Scholte wave dispersion curves can
effectively improve the constraints on the submarine shear wave velocity
structure. Based on this, we highly recommend adding this simple step to
Scholte wave dispersion imaging.