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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1988
Richard M Alford, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Standard Oil Company (now Amoco Corporation), Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and system for geophysical exploration including obtaining, processing, displaying and interpreting seismic data. Seismic energy is imparted into the earth's subterranean formation along at least two linear independent lines of action in a seismic survey. At least two linearly independent components of the seismic wave energy imparted along each line of action are detected within the seismic survey. A concord of seismic signals is produced from the seismic wave energy detected for selected combinations of receiver and source locations. An orientation module operates on the concord of the seismic signals so as to generate synthetic concords of seismic signals so as to focus on a particular component of the seismic wave energy in order to infer the geologic characteristics of the earth's subterranean formations.