Method and apparatus for controlling cableless seismic digital field recorders having seismic data processing capabilities.

摘要

A method and apparatus are disclosed for automatically controlling the operational modes of the recorders of a cableless seismic digital recording system from a control point. The recorders can be applied not only to situations where a high energy impulsive seismic source, such as dynamite, is used but also to situations where seismic-trace data generated by a low energy surface seismic source, such as a vibrator, is to be recorded which requires that such seismic-trace data be vertically stacked (summed) by the recorders before being recorded due to the limited capacity of magnetic tape cartridges. The seismic-trace data is preferably weighted before being vertically stacked for improving the signal-to-noise ratio. The operational modes of the recorders include "shooter's box" routines, dynamite (non-stacking) data processing, and stacking data processing with immediate or delayed recording. Selection among these operational modes is preferably made via coded radio signals transmitted from the control point. The disclosed method and apparatus automatically and efficiently select the operational modes, thereby eliminating potential operator error and increasing the rate at which seismic-trace data can be acquired in the stacking data processing mode.