Towed acoustic source array system for marine applications
US6606958B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 14, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/3808
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A marine towed array has a plurality of tow bodies of positive buoyancy each containing a marine acoustic source, such as a vibrator source. Each tow body uses a reel containing an electro-mechanical tow cable connecting the sources, whereby reeling and unreeling of the cable, controlled from a towing ship, changes the spacing of the tow bodies. One of the tow bodies at an end of the array is attachable to the towing ship.
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