System for undersea seismic prospecting
US6456565B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 15, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/3808
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for underwater seismic prospecting or exploration on seafloors, especially deep seafloors, including streamers designed to contain the measurement devices and to lie on the seafloor, in the form of an inner tube that is non-stretching and non-compressible and an outer tube that is extensible to a certain extent. Through the injection of liquid between these two tubes, the buoyancy of each streamers is made positive. This enables it to be detached from the seafloor and towed to the next measuring position.
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