Patent ID: 9470805
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G01V

Claim Text:
1. A seismic survey system for surveying a subsurface, the system comprising: a volumetric land source buried underground for generating P-waves; a non-volumetric land source buried underground for generating P- and S-waves; plural receivers distributed about the volumetric and non-volumetric land sources and configured to record seismic signals corresponding to the P- and S-waves; and a controller connected to the volumetric land source and the non-volumetric land source and configured to shoot them in a given pattern, wherein the plural receivers are arranged so that first receivers among the plural receivers to have a near offset relative to the volumetric land source and/or the non-volumetric land source, and second receivers among the plural receivers to have a far offset relative to the volumetric land source and/or the non-volumetric land source.