none 10.1190/geo2023-0347.1 Society of Exploration Geophysicists Society of Exploration Geophysicists 186 157403626 5981 2025121212493565400 10.1190 2025-12-12T17:49:47Z 2024-01-26T09:09:50Z 4 Geophysics 0016-8033 1942-2156 05 01 2024 89 3 Song Xu Ocean University of China 1 , Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences and Prospecting Techniques MOE, College of Marine Geosciences, Qingdao, China; , Evaluation and Detection Technology Laboratory of Marine Mineral Resources, Qingdao, China; and , Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Qingdao, China. xusongupc@sina.com (corresponding author) Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology 1 , Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences and Prospecting Techniques MOE, College of Marine Geosciences, Qingdao, China; , Evaluation and Detection Technology Laboratory of Marine Mineral Resources, Qingdao, China; and , Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Qingdao, China. xusongupc@sina.com (corresponding author) Ocean University of China 1 , Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences and Prospecting Techniques MOE, College of Marine Geosciences, Qingdao, China; , Evaluation and Detection Technology Laboratory of Marine Mineral Resources, Qingdao, China; and , Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Qingdao, China. xusongupc@sina.com (corresponding author) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5493-9246 ABSTRACT High resolution and accurate acquisition of underground sonic properties is essential for energy detection and earth exploration. An effective method is developed to accurately calculate sonic slowness at the highest resolution (receiver spacing of 0.5 ft) with a high signal-to-noise ratio. The method uses supervirtual interferometry to reconstruct a large number of waveforms for slowness extraction using redundant information from overlapping interreceiver spacing. Synthetic calculations are used to verify the validity of the method, especially in the limited case of strong noise interference and the presence of damaged channels in the array receivers, to accurately calculate the formation of sonic slowness. The theory is applied to process and interpret low data-quality field measurements acquired at Brothers Volcano from the International Ocean Discovery Program. 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