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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2001
System and method for orienting seismic energy receivers to yield discriminated vertical shear waves
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allen L. Gilmer, Austin, TX (US);
Bob A. Hardage, Austin, TX (US);
James L. Simmons, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/28 ;
Abstract
A system for, and method of, orienting seismic energy sources and seismic energy receivers to substantially separate a compressional wave from a vertical shear wave. The method includes reflecting a seismic energy from a subsurface interface to produce a reflected seismic energy wave that has a compressional energy and vertical shear energy associated therewith. A first seismic energy receiver is oriented such that it is aligned with an angle of emergence of the reflected seismic energy wave to thereby maximize the vertical shear energy received by a second seismic energy receiver.