Advances of Active and Passive Seismic and Remote Sensing for Subsurface Characterization
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 November 2025 | Viewed by 41
Special Issue Editors
Interests: strong scattering media inversion using seismic data; joint active and passive seismic inversion and imaging; deep seismic reflection data full waveform inversion for fine velocity structures construction
Interests: extracting surface deformation before and after the earthquake using InSAR techniques; pursuing the coseismic and early postseismic deformation mechanism following the earthquake
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With continuous advancements in geophysical exploration technologies, seismic and remote sensing techniques have been increasingly employed in geological prospecting, hazard assessment, environmental monitoring, and resource exploitation. This Special Issue aims to present recent advances in subsurface structural characterization using seismic and remote sensing, with a particular focus on interdisciplinary studies that integrate active/passive seismic methods with remote sensing technologies. This Special Issue will also highlight innovative applications and future trends in the development of these techniques, providing a platform for academic exchange among researchers and engineers in the field. By investigating the latest advancements in seismic methods, remote sensing technologies, their synergistic applications, and further expansion via artificial intelligence methodologies, this Special Issue will present novel perspectives and approaches to subsurface structural characterization, thus propelling advancements in earth and environmental sciences. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Multi-source data fusion;
- Multi-source data joint inversion;
- Seismic data processing;
- Seismic data inversion and imaging methods;
- Seismic full waveform inversion and reverse time migration;
- Seismic interferometry;
- Passive seismic methods;
- Joint active and passive seismic methods;
- Case studies of advanced seismic exploration methods;
- Seismic deep structural tomography;
- AI-driven seismic data processing;
- Seismic surface deformation study using remote sensing techniques;
- The co-seismic and post-seismic deformation mechanism following earthquake;
- The inversion of fault slip distribution.
Dr. Pan Zhang
Prof. Dr. Zhiguo Meng
Guest Editors
Dr. Tianze Zhang
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- multi-source data fusion
- multi-source data inversion
- active and passive seismic
- seismic inversion and imaging
- subsurface characterization
- deep learning based data processing
- seismic surface deformation study using remote sensing techniques
- coseismic and postseismic deformation mechanism following earthquake
- inversion of fault slip distribution
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