发明名称 Source array for use in marine seismic exploration
摘要 A staggered vertical marine seismic source contains upper and lower arrays ( 10, 11 ) of emitters of seismic energy (S11, S12; S21, S22). The upper array ( 10 ) is horizontally displaced relative to the lower array ( 11 ). The source is used in a marine seismic surveying arrangement that has means for moving the source and at least one seismic receiver. In use, the source is moved through the water in a direction parallel to the direction in which the two arrays are displaced. The arrays ( 10, 11 ) are fired sequentially, and the time delay between the firing of the first-fired array and firing of the second-fired array is chosen such that each seismic emitter in one array is fired at the same x- and y-co-ordinates as the corresponding emitter in the other array. The seismic wavefields generated by firing the two arrays are thus generated at the same x- and y-co-ordinates, but at different depths. The seismic data recorded at the receiver(s) as a consequence of firing the first array can be used to de-ghost the seismic data acquired as a result of firing the second array or vice-versa, thereby eliminating or reducing the effect of source-side ghost reflections and reverberations.
申请公布号 US6961284(B2) 申请公布日期 2005.11.01
申请号 US20030240563 申请日期 2003.04.21
申请人 WESTERNGECO, L.L.C. 发明人 MOLDOVEANU NICOLAE
分类号 G01V1/02;G01V1/38;(IPC1-7):G01V1/38 主分类号 G01V1/02
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