Compact broadband source and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9075166-B2
Application number	US-201213468589-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2012
Priority date	May 11, 2011
Publication date	Jul 7, 2015
Grant date	Jul 7, 2015

Abstract

Method and marine acoustic source array for generating an acoustic wave in a body of water. The marine acoustic source array includes a first depth sub-array set of first acoustic source points configured to be provided at a first depth (z 1 ), the first acoustic source points having different inline first locations along a longitudinal axis (X); and a second depth sub-array set of second acoustic source points configured to be provided at a second depth (z 2 ), the second acoustic source points having different inline second locations along the longitudinal axis (X). The first locations do not coincide along the longitudinal axis (X) with any of the second locations.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A single marine acoustic source array for generating an acoustic wave in a body of water, the single marine acoustic source array comprising:
a float configured to float at or close to a surface of the body of water, wherein the float extends along a longitudinal axis (X);
a first depth sub-array set configured to be suspended from the float at a first depth (z 1 ), wherein the first depth sub-array set includes first acoustic source points, each suspended…

Assignees

• Payen Thierry
• Dowle Robert
• Cggveritas Services Sa

Inventors

• Payen Thierry
• Dowle Robert

Classifications

• G01V1/3817

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01V1/137

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01V1/3861 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic