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In this study, we employ least-squares reverse time migration (LSRTM) as a seismic imaging method to delineate the subsurface geological structures from the field dataset for understanding the status of Arctic subsea permafrost structures, which is pertinent to global warming issues. The subsea permafrost structures in the Arctic continental shelf, located just below the seafloor at a shallow water depth, have an abnormally high P-wave velocity. These structural conditions create internal multiples and noise in seismic data, making it challenging to perform seismic imaging and construct a seismic P-wave velocity model using conventional methods. LSRTM offers a promising approach by addressing these challenges through linearized inverse problems, aiming to achieve high-resolution, subsurface imaging by optimizing the misfit between the predicted and the observed seismic data. Synthetic experiments, encompassing various subsea permafrost structures and seismic survey configurations, were conducted to investigate the feasibility of LSRTM for imaging the Arctic subsea permafrost from the acquired seismic field dataset, and the possibility of the seismic imaging of the subsea permafrost was confirmed through these synthetic numerical experiments. Furthermore, we applied the LSRTM method to the seismic data acquired in the Canadian Beaufort Sea (CBS) and generated a seismic image depicting the subsea permafrost structures in the Arctic region.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16183425","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,16]],"date-time":"2024-09-16T10:56:57Z","timestamp":1726484217000},"page":"3425","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Seismic Imaging of the Arctic Subsea Permafrost Using a Least-Squares Reverse Time Migration Method"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Sumin","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Energy & Resources Engineering, National Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan 49112, Republic of Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6532-3482","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Seung-Goo","family":"Kang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Glacier & Earth Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea"}]},{"given":"Yeonjin","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Glacier & Earth Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea"}]},{"given":"Jong-Kuk","family":"Hong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Glacier & Earth Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea"}]},{"given":"Joonyoung","family":"Kwak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Digital and Integration, Schlumberger, Tokyo 103-0027, Japan"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"467","DOI":"10.1190\/1.1440185","article-title":"Toward a unified theory of reflector mapping","volume":"36","author":"Claerbout","year":"1971","journal-title":"Geophysics"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1383","DOI":"10.1139\/e85-146","article-title":"A sea-level curve for the Canadian Beaufort shelf","volume":"22","author":"Hill","year":"1985","journal-title":"Can. 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