Patent ID: 8427900

Claim:
A method of deploying an underwater seismic recorder array on a seafloor underlying a navigable body of water, the array forming a seismic recording cable, the cable comprising a plurality of connector cables, a plurality of removable autonomous seismic data recorders, and a plurality of seismic data recorder housings, each of the seismic data recorders being independently powered and removably contained within a respective recorder housing corresponding thereto, each housing having opposing ends, each of the connector cables comprising opposing ends, the seismic data recorders and corresponding housings being arranged and configured in serial mechanical fashion along the cable such that one connector cable is disposed between every two adjoining housings disposed along the cable, each one such connector cable being attached to corresponding ends of the two adjoining housings, the method comprising: loading the plurality of removable seismic data recorders in the recorder housings of the seismic recording cable, and lowering the seismic recording cable into the water until the seismic recorder array is positioned on the seafloor.