Simultaneous Inversion for Reflectivity and Q Using Nonstationary Seismic Data With Deep-Learning-Based Decoupling

Building reflectivity and quality factor (Q) using nonstationary poststack seismic data is important for vertical resolution enhancement of seismic data and reservoir identification. However, it is well-known that both reflectivity and Q affect the waveform of seismic data, leading to the fact that simultaneously estimating them is a strong ill-posed multiparameter inverse problem which faces the crosstalk problem. In this article, we propose a new method for simultaneous inversion of reflectivity and Q. A deep-learning-based data decoupling operator is proposed to decouple the effects of the two parameters on nonstationary seismic data. Based on the decoupled data, we transform the original multiparameter inverse problem into two independent singe-parameter inverse problems that are immune to crosstalk and can build reasonable initial models for reflectivity and Q. Then alternative iteration is conducted to update the two built initial models to obtain the final models. A few well-logs are used to train the deep-learning architecture and specific regularization terms are constructed for the inverse problem to ensure physically reasonable results. Synthetic and field data examples verify the effectiveness of the proposed method and its advantages over a conventional model-driven joint inversion method.