Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Seismic prospecting – Land-reflection type
Patent
1991-05-28
1993-11-09
Lobo, Ian J.
Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
Seismic prospecting
Land-reflection type
367 58, G01V 128
Patent
active
052609111
ABSTRACT:
A method of seismic surveying uses seismic waveguides in the earth. Seismic energy is transmitted from outside the waveguide and detected within the waveguide or vice-versa. Coupling of energy between the outside and the inside of the waveguide is effected by energy leakage at coupling sites where the waveguide departs from planarity. The method analyzes seismic signals to determine the position and nature of coupling sites and the propagation characteristics of the waveguide.
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Campbell David S. R.
Jackson Geoffrey M.
Lee Delman
Mason Iain M.
Mosher Charles C.
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