Method for conducting seismic surveys utilizing an aircraft deployed seismic source
AssigneeApache Corporation
InventorsPhillip Andrew Bahorich, Michael Stephen Bahorich
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Abstract
The invention comprises the generation of seismic signals at a survey site at which seismic sensors are deployed by dropping mass units from an overflying aircraft. The mass units will impact the earth's surface at said survey site to generate seismic signals. The seismic sensors are utilized to detect the resulting seismic signals.
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A method for performing seismic exploration comprising:
- deploying seismic sensors within a seismic survey site;
- generating seismic signals at said survey site by dropping a mass unit having a streamlined shape onto said survey site from an aircraft;
- detecting seismic signals with said seismic sensors generated by the impact of said mass unit on the earth's surface.
A method for performing seismic exploration comprising dropping a mass from an aircraft from an elevation above the earth's surface of greater than about five hundred feet onto a seismic survey site at which seismic sensors have been deployed in order to generate a seismic signal from the impact of the mass on the earth's surface.
A method for performing seismic exploration, comprising:
- dropping a mass from an aircraft onto a seismic survey site at which seismic sensors have been deployed in order to generate a seismic signal from the impact of the mass on the earth's surface, said mass having an electromagnetic signal generator attached to said mass;
- transmitting an electromagnetic signal from said electromagnetic signal generator to indicate the time of impact of said mass on the earth's surface;
- detecting seismic signals with said seismic sensors generated by the impact of said mass on the earth's surface;
- detecting said electromagnetic signal and utilizing said electromagnetic signal to determine the time of impact of said mass on the earth's surface.
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