Articles | Volume 10, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1989-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1989-2019
Research article
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15 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 15 Nov 2019

Prediction of seismic P-wave velocity using machine learning

Ines Dumke and Christian Berndt

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AR by Christian Berndt on behalf of the Authors (09 Aug 2019)  Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Sep 2019) by Tarje Nissen-Meyer
RR by Taylor Lee (25 Sep 2019)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Oct 2019) by Tarje Nissen-Meyer
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Oct 2019) by Federico Rossetti (Executive editor)
AR by Christian Berndt on behalf of the Authors (08 Oct 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Knowing the velocity with which seismic waves travel through the top of the crust is important both for identifying anomalies, e.g. the presence of resources, and for geophysical data evaluation. Traditionally this has been done by using empirical functions. Here, we use machine learning to derive better seismic velocity estimates for the crust below the oceans. In most cases this methods performs better than empirical averages.