@conference {maysami2008SEGlcf,
	title = {Lithological constraints from seismic waveforms: application to opal-A to opal-CT transition},
	booktitle = {SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts},
	volume = {27},
	year = {2008},
	month = {11},
	pages = {2011-2015},
	publisher = {SEG},
	organization = {SEG},
	abstract = {In this paper, we present a new method for seismic waveform characterization whose aim is threefold, namely (i) extraction of detailed information on the sharpness of transitions in the subsurface from seismic waveforms, (ii) reflector modeling, based on binary-mixture and percolation theory, and (iii) establishment of well-seismic ties, through parameterizations of our waveform and critical reflector model. We test this methodology on the opal-A (Amorphous) to opal-CT (Cristobalite/Tridymite) transition imaged in a migrated section of North Sea field data West of the Shetlands.},
	keywords = {SEG, SLIM},
	doi = {10.1190/1.3059400},
	url = {https://slim.gatech.edu/Publications/Public/Conferences/SEG/2008/maysami08SEGlcf/maysami08SEGlcf.pdf},
	author = {Mohammad Maysami and Felix J. Herrmann}
}
@mastersthesis {maysami08THlcs,
	title = {Lithology constraints from seismic waveforms: application to opal-A to opal-CT transition},
	year = {2008},
	note = {(MSc)},
	month = {02},
	school = {The University of British Columbia},
	type = {masters},
	address = {Vancouver},
	abstract = {In this work, we present a new method for seismic waveform characterization, which is aimed at extracting detailed litho-stratigraphical information from seismic data. We attempt to estimate the lithological attributes from seismic data according to our parametric representation of stratigraphical horizons, where the parameter values provide us with a direct link to nature of lithological transitions. We test our method on a seismic dataset with a strong diagenetic transition (opal-A to opal-CT transition). Given some information from cutting samples of well, we use a percolation-based model to construct the elastic profile of lithological transitions. Our goal is to match parametric representation for the diagenetic transition in both real data and synthetic data given by these elastic profiles. This match may be interpreted as a well-seismic tie, which reveals lithological information about stratigraphical horizons.},
	keywords = {MSc},
	url = {https://slim.gatech.edu/Publications/Public/Thesis/2008/maysami08THlcs.pdf},
	author = {Mohammad Maysami}
}
@conference {maysami2007EAGEsrc,
	title = {Seismic reflector characterization by a multiscale detection-estimation method},
	booktitle = {EAGE Annual Conference Proceedings},
	year = {2007},
	month = {06},
	abstract = {Seismic transitions of the subsurface are typically considered as zero-order singularities (step functions). According to this model, the conventional deconvolution problem aims at recovering the seismic reflectivity as a sparse spike train. However, recent multiscale analysis on sedimentary records revealed the existence of accumulations of varying order singularities in the subsurface, which give rise to fractional-order discontinuities. This observation not only calls for a richer class of seismic reflection waveforms, but it also requires a different methodology to detect and characterize these reflection events. For instance, the assumptions underlying conventional deconvolution no longer hold. Because of the bandwidth limitation of seismic data, multiscale analysis methods based on the decay rate of wavelet coefficients may yield ambiguous results. We avoid this problem by formulating the estimation of the singularity orders by a parametric nonlinear inversion method.},
	keywords = {EAGE, Presentation, SLIM},
	url = {https://slim.gatech.edu/Publications/Public/Conferences/EAGE/2007/maysami07EAGEsrc/maysami07EAGEsrc.pdf},
	presentation = {https://slim.gatech.edu/Publications/Public/Conferences/EAGE/2007/maysami07EAGEsrc/maysami07EAGEsrc_pres.pdf},
	url2 = {http://earthdoc.eage.org/publication/publicationdetails/?publication=7081},
	author = {Mohammad Maysami and Felix J. Herrmann}
}
@conference {maysami2006SINBADrro,
	title = {Recent results on seismic deconvolution},
	booktitle = {SINBAD 2006},
	year = {2006},
	abstract = {One of the important steps in seismic imaging is to provide suitable information about boundaries. Sharp variation of physical properties at a layer boundary cause reflection the wavefield. In previous work done by C. M. Dupuis, seismic signal characterization is divided into two steps: detection and estimation. In the detection phase, the goal is to find all singularities in a seismic section regardless of their order and then to categorize the data to different events by windowing each singularity. In the estimation step, we determine the order of singularity more precisely by using a rough estimate based on the detection phase. Traditionally, a redundant dictionary method is employed for the detection part. However, we attempt to instead use a new L1-solver developed by D.L. Donoho: the Stagewise Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (StOMP). It approximates the solution to inverse problems while promoting the sparsity in the solution vector. This algorithm will allow us to experimentally confirm the recent analysis by S. Mallat on spiky deconvolution limits, which imposes a required minimum distance between spikes. This required minimum distance between different spikes is dependent on the number of spikes as well as the width of the chosen source wavelet used in convolution with the train. These results allow for the design of more robust and accurate detection schemes for seismic signal characterization.},
	keywords = {Presentation, SINBAD, SLIM},
	url = {https://slim.gatech.edu/Publications/Public/Conferences/SINBAD/2006/maysami06SINBADrro/maysami06SINBADrro_pres.pdf},
	author = {Mohammad Maysami}
}
