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Overview

Ilya Tsvankin is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States and focuses their research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their expertise spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work deals extensively with topics related to seismic imaging and inversion techniques, seismic waves and analysis, drilling and well engineering, geophysical methods and applications, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, as well as advanced numerical methods in computational mathematics.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Ilya Tsvankin include:

  • Mimetic finite-difference coupled-domain solver for anisotropic media, 2020, Geophysics
  • Facies-based full-waveform inversion for anisotropic media: a North Sea case study, 2021, Geophysical Prospecting
  • Full-waveform inversion with borehole constraints for elastic VTI media, 2020, Geophysics
  • Elastic FWI for orthorhombic media with lithologic constraints applied via machine learning, 2021, Geophysics
  • Tensorial elastodynamics for coupled acoustic/elastic anisotropic media: incorporating bathymetry, 2021, Geophysical Journal International

Frequent co-authors of Tsvankin's work include:

  • Yanhua Liu
  • Sagar Singh
  • Qi Hao
  • Ehsan Zabihi Naeini
  • Jeffrey Shragge

Tsvankin has published mostly in the following venues, indicating focused research activity in these journals and conferences:

  • Geophysics
  • Second International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Geophysical Prospecting
  • Geophysical Journal International

The research contributions emphasize numerical and computational approaches applied to seismic data interpretation and anisotropic media characterization, reflecting multidisciplinary approaches within geophysical exploration and engineering domains.

Best Publications

  • Velocity analysis for transversely isotropic media

    Tariq Alkhalifah;Ilya Tsvankin

  • Seismic signatures and analysis of reflection data in anisotropic media

    Ilya Tsvankin

  • Anisotropic parameters and P-wave velocity for orthorhombic media

    Ilya Tsvankin

  • Nonhyperbolic reflection moveout in anisotropic media

    Ilya Tsvankin;Leon Thomsen

  • Seismic Signatures and Analysis of Reflection Data in Anisotropic Media

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  • Estimation of fracture parameters from reflection seismic data—Part I: HTI model due to a single fracture set

    Andrey Bakulin;Vladimir Grechka;Ilya Tsvankin

  • P-wave signatures and notation for transversely isotropic media: An overview

    Ilya Tsvankin

  • 3-D description of normal moveout in anisotropic inhomogeneous media

    Vladimir Grechka;Ilya Tsvankin

  • Reflection moveout and parameter estimation for horizontal transverse isotropy

    Ilya Tsvankin

  • Estimation of fracture parameters from reflection seismic data—Part III: Fractured models with monoclinic symmetry

    Andrey Bakulin;Vladimir Grechka;Ilya Tsvankin

  • Using AVO for fracture detection: Analytic basis and practical solutions

    Andreas Rueger;Ilya Tsvankin

  • Seismic anisotropy in exploration and reservoir characterization: An overview

    Ilya Tsvankin;James Gaiser;Vladimir Grechka;Mirko van der Baan

  • Seismology of Azimuthally Anisotropic Media and Seismic Fracture Characterization

    Ilya Tsvankin;Vladimir Grechka

  • Plane-wave propagation in attenuative transversely isotropic media

    Yaping Zhu;Ilya Tsvankin

  • Generalized Dix equation and analytic treatment of normal-moveout velocity for anisotropic media*

    Vladimir Grechka;Ilya Tsvankin;Jack K. Cohen

  • 3-D moveout velocity analysis and parameter estimation for orthorhombic media

    Vladimir Grechka;Ilya Tsvankin

  • Feasibility of nonhyperbolic moveout inversion in transversely isotropic media

    Vladimir Grechka;Ilya Tsvankin

  • Inversion of reflection traveltimes for transverse isotropy

    Ilya Tsvankin;Leon Thomsen

  • 3-D moveout inversion in azimuthally anisotropic media with lateral velocity variation: Theory and a case study

    Vladimir Grechka;Ilya Tsvankin

  • Normal moveout from dipping reflectors in anisotropic media

    Ilya Tsvankin

  • Joint inversion of P- and PS-waves in orthorhombic media: Theory and a physical modeling study

    Vladimir Grechka;Stephen Theophanis;Ilya Tsvankin

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladimir Grechka
Vladimir Grechka Marathon Oil (United States)
Tariq Alkhalifah
Tariq Alkhalifah King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Laxmidhar Behera
Laxmidhar Behera Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Martin Landrø
Martin Landrø Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Matthew M. Haney
Matthew M. Haney Alaska Volcano Observatory
Michael Batzle
Michael Batzle Colorado School of Mines
Xinming Wu
Xinming Wu University of Science and Technology of China
Mirko van der Baan
Mirko van der Baan University of Alberta

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