Numerical modeling of seismic wavefield in anisotropic viscoelastic porous medium with the pseudo-spectral method

In order to describe the reservoirs more accurately, the characteristics of the earth medium must be considered comprehensively, such as the anisotropy, viscoelasticity and pore, etc. Consequently, an anisotropic viscoelastic porous medium model is presented in this paper, and the elastic wave equation in this medium has been derived. The seismic wavefield numerical modeling was simulated by using the pseudo-spectral method. Synthetic seismograms are used to show the characteristics of the seismic wave in complex medium. The research work is useful to understanding seismic wave propagation in earth medium.