Marine vibrator sweeps with reduced smearing and/or increased distortion tolerance
US9459362B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/3861
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A marine seismic survey using one or more moving marine seismic vibrators, where the vibrator sweeping function is based on smearing error criteria and is a downward-sweeping non-linear sweep function. The acquired seismic data can either be used as is without desmearing or desmeared easily.
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