Caterpillar-style seismic data acquisition using autonomous, continuously recording seismic data recorders
US9529102B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/20
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to recording seismic data with autonomous seismic data recorders in a pattern where the recorders are deployed in a compact geographical array having a low aspect ratio keeping the recorders closer to the seismic source trucks and requiring fewer total recorders. The recorders are deployed to cover an active listening patch and the seismic source trucks progress from shot point to shot point within a defined source path that provides for a pattern of recorder movements from behind the active listening patch to a location in front of the active patch.
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