New Challenges in Seismic Imaging and Inversion

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to contribute to the upcoming Special Issue entitled “New Challenges in Seismic Imaging and Inversion”. Seismic imaging and inversion remain foundational tools for subsurface characterization in exploration geophysics, H₂/CO₂ storage and monitoring, geothermal energy, and earthquake hazard assessment. However, the increasing complexity of geological targets and subsurface heterogeneities, the demand for higher resolution imaging, and the integration of time-lapse and multi-physics data present significant challenges that require innovative methodologies and their successful implementations.

This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advances that address these emerging challenges through developments in reverse time migration (RTM), least-squares migration, geophysical inverse theory (including seismic pre- and post-stack inversion), full waveform inversion (FWI) strategies, controlled source electromagnetics (CSEM) inversion, gravity method inversion, etc. In addition, this Special Issue also focusses on different tools such as machine learning applications to solve inverse problems, uncertainty quantification in subsurface predicted models, and multi-scale modelling. We particularly encourage submissions that explore novel workflows, data-driven inversion techniques, and the integration of seismic with non-seismic geophysical data. Contributions may include methodological innovations, field case studies, or synthetic benchmarks that demonstrate improvements in resolution, robustness, or computational efficiency.

Researchers from academia, industry, and government institutions are welcome to share their work that pushes the boundaries of current seismic imaging and inversion practices.

Dr. Nisar Ahmed
Guest Editor

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