Seismic Signal Denoising and Decomposition Using Deep Neural Networks

Abstract

Denoising and filtering are widely used in routine seismic-data-processing to improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of recorded signals and by doing so to improve subsequent analyses. In this paper we develop a new denoising/decomposition method, DeepDenoiser, based on a deep neural network. This network is able to learn simultaneously a sparse representation of data in the time-frequency domain and a non-linear function that maps this representation into masks that decompose input data into a signal of interest and noise (defined as any non-seismic signal). We show that DeepDenoiser achieves impressive denoising of seismic signals even when the signal and noise share a common frequency band. Our method properly handles a variety of colored noise and non-earthquake signals. DeepDenoiser can significantly improve the SNR with minimal changes in the waveform shape of interest, even in presence of high noise levels. We demonstrate the effect of our method on improving earthquake detection. There are clear applications of DeepDenoiser to seismic imaging, micro-seismic monitoring, and preprocessing of ambient noise data. We also note that potential applications of our approach are not limited to these applications or even to earthquake data, and that our approach can be adapted to diverse signals and applications in other settings.

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