Patent ID: 6188221
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: G01V

Abstract:
An apparatus, comprising:an electromagnetic pulse generator for generating a plurality of electromagnetic pulses, said electromagnetic pulse generator includes:an energy storage device for storing a voltage supplied from an external source;a sparkgap switch, coupled to said energy storage device, for generating said electromagnetic pulses when a predetermined threshold voltage of said energy storage device is achieved; anda matching network, coupled to said sparkgap switch, for passing said electromagnetic pulses to said transmit ground coupling device;a transmit ground coupling transducer, coupled to said pulse generator, for delivering said electromagnetic pulses to the earth's interior;a data acquisition system for processing a plurality of reflected signals, said reflected signals being said electromagnetic pulses reflected from the earth's interior;a receive ground coupling transducer, coupled to said data acquisition system, for receiving and supplying said reflected signals to said data acquisition system; anda data processing system, coupled to said data acquisition system, for comparing said reflected signals to determine the existence of fluids in the earth's interior.