Method for Acquiring Geophysical Data By Dynamically Manipulating Survey Spread

A marine geophysical survey system comprising:

• a survey spread comprising a plurality of spaced apart streamers and an energy source, wherein the streamers each comprise geophysical sensors disposed therein;
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• a data processing system operable to determine a manipulation to a position of the survey spread in response to a change in distribution of a target beneath a bottom of a body of water.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by a data processing system to cause a machine to:

• receive measurements of detected energy, wherein the detected energy was generated by an energy source in a marine geophysical survey;
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• determine a manipulation to a position of a survey spread in response to a change in distribution of a target for a marine geophysical survey system, wherein the target is located beneath a bottom of a body of water.