Method of seismic exploration by discriminating horizontal and vertical shear waves
Date
2006-06-06
Authors
Bob A. Hardage
Allen L. Gilmer
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Publisher
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Abstract
The invention is a method of geophysical exploration using seismic methods. The receivers and the source are rotated to one another, such that the orthogonal excitations of the seismic source are readily differentiated. The differentiation of the differently excited energies can be accomplished in devolving the seismic events and reception of those events into a radial-tangential coordinate system for each receiver source pair. The differentiation of the differently aligned energies allows a greater insight into the volumetric study of the strata making up the prospect volume.