Device for receiving seismic waves and method for coupling them with a solid environment

摘要

Seismic wave reception device comprising a hydrophone and/or a geophone and method for coupling it (or them) with a solid medium such as the subsoil.The device comprises at least one hydrophone (2) immersed in a closed flexible-walled sheath (7) filled with liquid (8) that is closed at one end by a sealed plug (9) provided with a sealed duct for a cable (10) connecting the hydrophone to a signal acquisition means (E). The sheath is arranged in a cavity (6) and tightly coupled with medium (5) substantially over the total surface thereof, preferably by means of a hardenable material such as cement. A geophone can be placed in the same coupling material in the vicinity of sheath (7) containing hydrophone (2).Application: seismic prospecting or monitoring operations in an underground formation, notably in order to discriminate the seismic upgoing and downgoing waves.