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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher S Cowles, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 75 ; 367 31 ; 367912 ; 181104 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for obtaining seismic records representing shear waves detected preferentially in a given direction of propagation. The apparatus comprises a velocity transducer deployed to measure the instantaneous particle velocity perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the wave and a rotational transducer measuring the instantaneous rate of particle rotation.