Reflection Seismology Video Quiz

Video: Due date: Septmber 5th, 2000 at 3.00 p.m.

Value: 2 % final exam (not final grade)

 

Key terms

Seismic Streamer/cable

Ocean Bottom Cable

(Do a search on the internet using words: ocean bottom cable exploration Tail buoy)

Puller Vane

Pre-stack Migration

Doodlebuggers

Questions:

1. Draw a plan view layout of the key components of a towed-streamer marine seismic survey: include the tail buoy, puller vane, hydrophones and airguns.

2. Why use a 4D seismic survey?

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of vibrator trucks vs. dynamite sources?