System and Method for Generating and Controlling Conducted Acoustic Waves for Geophysical Exploration

A seismic impulse acquisition system, comprising:

• an array of seismic sources comprising direct detonation overpressure wave generators, each of the seismic sources of said array of seismic sources being geographically scattered, wherein each seismic source of said array of seismic sources imparts seismic impulses into a target media in accordance with a respective code sequence of a plurality of code sequences;
• an array of echo detectors configured to detect said seismic impulses imparted by each seismic source of said array of seismic sources;
• a data recorder, said array of echo detectors being connected to said data recorder;
• a control system;
• a network, said network connecting said array of seismic sources and said array of echo detectors to said control system;
• wherein the location of each seismic source of said array of seismic sources and each echo detector of said array of echo detector at a given time is known relative to an established coordinate system;
• wherein the various coded sequences of seismic pulses are used to process the data received by the data recorder from the array of echo detectors;
• wherein multiple seismic sources of said plurality of seismic source can be firing simultaneously.