Publications

    Sorted by theme.

    Structure of Kerguelen Plateau (Indian ocean)

  1. P. Charvis, S. Operto, L. K. Konnecke, M. Recq, Y. Hello, F. Houdry, P. Lebellegard, R. Louat and F. Sage, Structure profonde du domaine nord du plateau de Kerguelen (oc\351an Indian austral): R\351sultats pr\351liminaires de la campagne MD66/KeOBS, , C. R. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, 316, p. 341-347, 1993 .

  2. P. Charvis, M. Recq, S. Operto and D. Brefort, Deep structure of the northern Kerguelen Plateau and hot spot-related activity, Geophysical Journal International, 122, 3, p. 899-924, 1995 .

  3. S. Operto and P. Charvis, Kerguelen Plateau: a volcanic passive margin fragment?, Geology, 23, 2, p. 137-140, 1995 .

  4. S. Operto and P. Charvis, Deep structure of the southern Kerguelen Plateau (southern Indian Ocean) from ocean bottom seismometer wide-angle seismic data , Journal of Geophysical Research, 101 , B11, p. 25,077-25,103, 1996 .

  5. M. Recq, J. Goslin, P. Charvis and S. Operto, Small-scale crustal variability within an intraplate structure: the Crozet bank (southern Indian ocean) , Geophysical Journal International, 134, p. 145-156, 1998 .

  6. P. Charvis and S. Operto, Structure of the Cretaceous Kerguelen Volcanic Province (southern Indian Ocean) from wide-angle seismic data, Journal of Geodynamics, 28, p. 51-71, 1999 .

  7. I. Borissova, M. Coffin, P. Charvis and S. Operto, Structure and development of a microcontinent: Elan Bank in the southern Indian Ocean , Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4, 9, 2003.

    Non conventional processing of OBS data

  8. K. McIntosh, F. Akbar, C. Calderon, P. Stoffa, S. Operto, G. Christeson, Y. Nakamura, T. Shipley, E. Flueh, A. Stavenhagen and G. Leandro, Large aperture seismic imaging at a convergent margin: techniques and results from the Costa Rica seismogenic zone, Marine Geophysical Researches, 21, p. 451-454, 2000 .

  9. J. -X. Dessa, S. Operto, S. Kodaira, A. Nakanishi, G. Pascal, K. Uhira and Y. Kaneda, Deep seismic imaging of the eastern Nankai trough, Japan, from multifold ocean bottom seismometer data by combined travel time tomography and prestack depth migration, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, B02111, doi:10.1029/2003JB002689, 2004 .

    Ray+Born migration/inversion

  10. P. Thierry, S. Operto and G. Lambare, Fast 2-D ray+Born migration/inversion in complex media, Geophysics, 64, 1, p. 162 -181, 1999 .

  11. A. Ribodetti, S. Operto, J. Virieux, G. Lambare, H. P. Valero and D. Gibert, Asymptotic viscoacoustic diffraction tomography of ultrasonic laboratory data: a tool for rock properties analysis, Geophysical Journal International, 140, p. 324-340, 2000 .

  12. J. Virieux, A. Ribodetti, S. Operto and E. Auger, Imagerie sismique haute-frequence, Bull. Soc. Geol. France, numero special "aux frontieres des Geosciences, p. 69-84, 2000 .

  13. S. Operto, S. Xu and G. Lambare, Can we quantitatively image complex structures with rays?, Geophysics, 65, 4, p. 1223- 1238, 2000 .

  14. A. Ribodetti, H. P. Valero, S. Operto, J. Virieux and D. Gibert, Geophysical tomography by viscoacoustic asymptotic waveform inversion of ultrasonic laboratory data, IEEE Instrumentation and measurements Technology Conference, IMTC98 Proceedings, 50, p. 1404-1412, 2001 .

  15. G. Lambare, S. Operto, P. Podvin and P. Thierry, 3D ray+Born migration/inversion - Part 1: Theory, Geophysics, 68, 4, p. 1348-1356, 2003 .

  16. S. Operto, G. Lambare, P. Podvin and P. Thierry, 3D ray+Born migration/inversion - Part 2: Application to the SEG/EAGE Overthrust experiment, Geophysics, 68, 4, p. 1357-1370, 2003 .

  17. A. Ribodetti, S. Gaffet, S. Operto, J. Virieux and G. Saracco, Asymptotic waveform inversion for unbiased velocity and attenuation measurements: numerical tests and application for Vesuvius lava sample analysis, Geophysical Journal International, 158, p. 353-371, 2004 .

    Wave propagation modelling

  18. S. Operto and J. Virieux, B. Hustedt and F. Malfanti, Adaptive wavelet-based finite-difference modelling of SH-wave propagation, Geophysical Journal International, 148, 476-498, 2002 .

  19. B. Hustedt, S. Operto and J. Virieux, A multi-level direct-iterative solver for seismic wave propagation modelling: space and wavelet approaches, Geophysical Journal International, 155, 953-980, 2003 .

  20. B. Hustedt, S. Operto and J. Virieux, Mixed-grid and staggered-grid finite-difference methods for frequency-domain acoustic wave modelling, Geophysical Journal International, 157, 1269-1296, 2004 .

  21. C. Gelis, D. Leparoux, J. Virieux, A. Bitri, S. Operto and G. Grandjean, Numerical modeling of surface waves over shallow cavities, Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 10, 2, 111-122, 2005 .

  22. S. Operto, J. Virieux, P. Amestoy, J. -Y. L'Excellent, L. Giraud and H. Ben Hadj Ali, 3D finite-difference frequency-domain modeling of visco-acoustic wave propagation using a massively parallel direct solver: a feasibility study, Geophysics, 72(5), P SM195-SM211, 2007 (PDF) .

  23. R. Brossier, J. Virieux and S. Operto, Parsimonious finite-volume frequency-domain method for 2-D P-SV-wave modelling, Geophysical Journal International, 175, 2, 541-559, 2008 .

  24. J. Virieux, S. Operto, H. Ben Hadj Ali, R. Brossier, V. Etienne, F. Sourbier, L. Giraud, A. Haidar, Seismic wave modeling for seismic imaging, The Leading Edge, 28, 538 (2009) - Special section: Seismic modeling.

  25. S. Operto, J. Virieux, A. Ribodetti and J. A. Anderson, Finite-difference frequency-domain modeling of visco-acoustic wave propagation in 2D tilted transversely isotropic (TTI) media, Geophysics, 74(5), T75-T95, 2009.

    Traveltime tomography

  26. M. Delost, J. Virieux and S. Operto, First-arrival traveltime tomography using second generation wavelets, Geophysical Prospecting, 56, 4, 505-526, 2008.

  27. M. Delost, J. Virieux and S. Operto, Multi-scale decomposition of velocity structure and application to first-arrival tomography, In Conception, verification and application of innovative techniques to study active volcanoes, Edited by W. Marzochi and A. Zollo, ISBN 978-88-89972-09-0, 2008, pages 181-192.

  28. J. L. Got, V. Monteiller, J. Virieux and S. Operto, Potential and limits of double difference tomographic methods, Geophysical Prospecting, 56, 4, 477-491, 2008.

    Frequency-domain full-waveform inversion: review

  29. J. Virieux and S. Operto, An overview of fulll waveform inversion in exploration geophysics, Geophysics, 74(6), in-press, 2009.

    Frequency-domain full-waveform inversion: methods and algorithms

  30. F. Sourbier, S. Operto and J. Virieux, Acoustic full-waveform inversion in the frequency domain, In Conception, verification and application of innovative techniques to study active volcanoes, Edited by W. Marzochi and A. Zollo, ISBN 978-88-89972-09-0, 2008, pages 295-307.

  31. F. Sourbier, S. Operto, J. Virieux, P. Amestoy and J. -Y. L'Excellent, FWT2D: a massively parallel program for frequency-domain Full-Waveform Tomography of wide-aperture seismic data - Part 1: algorithm. Computer & Geosciences, 35 (2009), 487-495.

  32. F. Sourbier, S. Operto, J. Virieux, P. Amestoy and J. -Y. L'Excellent, FWT2D: a massively parallel program for frequency-domain Full-Waveform Tomography of wide-aperture seismic data - Part 2: numerical examples and scalability analysis. Computer & Geosciences, 35 (2009), 496-514.

  33. H. Ben Hadj Ali, S. Operto and J. Virieux. Velocity model building by 3D frequency-domain full-waveform inversion of wide-aperture seismic data, Geophysics, 73, P. VE101-VE117.

  34. R. Brossier, S. Operto and J. Virieux. Seismic imaging of complex structures by 2D elastic frequency-domain full-waveform inversion, Geophysics, 74(6), in-press, 2009.

  35. R. Brossier, S. Operto and J. Virieux. Robust frequency-domain full-waveform inversion using the L1-norm, Geophysical Research Letters, in-press.

    Frequency-domain full-waveform inversion: real data case studies

  36. C. Ravaut, S. Operto, L. Improta, J. Virieux, A. Herrero and P. Dell'Aversana, Multiscale imaging of complex structures from multifold wide-aperture seismic data by frequency-domain full-waveform tomography: application to a thrust belt. Geophysical Journal International, 159, 1032-1056, 2004 .

  37. S. Operto, C. Ravaut, L. Improta, J. Virieux, A. Herrero and P. Dell'Aversana, Quantitative imaging of complex structures from dense wide-aperture seismic data by multiscale traveltime and waveform inversions: a case study. Geophysical Prospecting, 52, 625-651, 2004 .

  38. J. -X. Dessa, S. Operto, S. Kodaira, A. Nakanishi, G. Pascal, J. Virieux and Y. Kaneda, Multiscale seismic imaging of the eastern Nankai trough by full waveform inversion, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L18606, doi:10.1029/2004GL020453, 2004 .

  39. S. Operto, J. Virieux, J. X. Dessa and G. Pascal, Crustal-scale seismic imaging from multifold ocean bottom seismometer data by frequency- domain full-waveform tomography: application to the eastern Nankai trough, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, B09306, doi:10.1029/2005JB003835, 2006. (PDF).

  40. M. Malinowsky and S. Operto, Quantitative imaging of the Permo-Mesozoic complex and its basement by frequency domain waveform tomography of wide-aperture seismic data from the Polish basin, Geophysical Prospecting, 56, 805-825, 2008 (PDF).

  41. C. Gelis, J. Virieux and S. Operto, Elastic full waveform inversion in the frequency domain, In Conception, verification and application of innovative techniques to study active volcanoes, Edited by W. Marzochi and A. Zollo, ISBN 978-88-89972-09-0, 2008, pages 221-231.

    Seismic exploration of the Ecuador-Colombia margin

  42. J. Y. Collot, P. Charvis, M.-A. Gutscher and S. Operto, Exploring the Ecuador-Colombia active margin and interplate seismogenic zone, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 83, No. 17, 23 april 2002, Pages 185,189-190.

  43. W. Agudelo, A. Ribodetti, J. -Y. Collot and S. Operto, 2009. Joint inversion of MCS reflection and wide-angle seismic data: improved imaging and refined velocity model of the crustal structure of the north Ecuador- south Colombia convergent margin, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 114, doi:10.1029/2008JB005690. A A