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Marine vibrator sweeps

US9547097B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 2012
Grant dateJan 17, 2017
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V1/3861
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Marine seismic survey using one or more marine seismic vibrators, where the vibrator sweep function is based on a quality requirement, which may be a final image quality requirement or an environmental requirement. The sweep function may be nonlinear and the energy spectrum may not match the energy spectrum of an airgun.

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