Correction for variable water column velocity in seismic data
CA 2034137 C · Owner: Western Atlas International, Inc. · Inventors: Chambers, Ronald E.
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In a marine seismic survey, a method for measuring the acoustic properties of the water mass at each seismic station along a line of survey by recovering acoustic reflections from discrete discontinuities within the water above the water-bottom reflection. A profile of the velocity distribution within the water column is calculated from a conventional velocity analysis.
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- Filed January 14, 1991 and granted September 2, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 14, 2011.
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