Method for probing a subsurface structure

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for probing a subsurface structure. The method comprises the steps of (a) sending a probe signal as an electromagnetic wave into the structure, (b) receiving an echo signal of the electromagnetic wave from the structure, and (c) processing the echo signal for deriving information about the structure. The step (c) of processing the echo signal comprises sampling the echo signal at a sampling frequency fs. The probe signal comprises multiple discrete frequency components fn,k, wherein at least two of the multiple frequency components fn,k are located in different Nyquist zones. An n-th Nyquist zone covers a frequency range from (n−1)*Tfs/2 to n*fs/2 with fs being the sampling frequency and n=1, 2 . . . . Further, k=1 . . . K and K is the number of frequency components fn,k in the n-th Nyquist zone. The method and device facilitate an increase in data acquisition speed without losing information on any of the frequency components.

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