Seismic source signatured evaluation apparatus

Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Seismic prospecting – Land-reflection type

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367 47, 364421, G01V 130, G01V 136

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ABSTRACT:
Apparatus is provided for determining the conformity of an energy pulse generated by a weight drop seismic source to a defined energy pulse characteristic in order that reflections associated with a non-conforming energy pulse can be rejected. The apparatus operates to compare the signature of a weight drop with a signature standard. Incoming seismic data is rejected and not recorded if the difference between the incoming signature pulse shape and the standard signature pulse shape is too great. The pulse shape of the incoming signature is analyzed by comparing a sample of the incoming signature amplitude to upper and lower rejection limits derived from a time correlated amplitude sample of the standard signature. The upper and lower rejection limits against which an incoming signature sample is compared are proportional to the amplitude of the time correlated standard signature sample. Each pair of upper and lower rejection limits is produced by multiplying each standard signature sample by a multiplier that is less than one for the lower limit and greater than one for the upper limit. The multiplication function is implemented by a sequential weighted adder. After a prescribed number of incoming signature samples have fallen outside the rejection limits, an indication that the energy pulse is bad is indicated.

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