Patent ID: 9720117
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G01V,G06F

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: obtaining seismic wave data by a parallel processing database system that includes one or more computers, including receiving or generating the seismic wave data, the parallel processing database system including a relational database distributed on a plurality of nodes, the seismic wave data including readings from a plurality of sensors configured to monitor seismic waves of a geographic area, the seismic waves being generated by one or more seismic wave sources; obtaining a starting Earth model by the parallel processing database system, including receiving or generating the starting Earth model, the starting Earth model representing one or more estimated geological features of the geographic area; and determining geological features of the geographic area in one or more iterations, the geological features including at least one of an elasticity or viscoelasticity property or a density property for each of a plurality of discrete points in the geographic area, wherein each iteration of determining the geological features comprises: