METHOD OF LAND SEISMIC EXPLORATION USING FLEXIBLE TUBES

A few hundred feet of flexible tubing about 1/2-inch diameter is buried 6-30 inches in the ground at each source and receiver station with the help of a vibratory plow on the back of a vehicle. The tubing is filled with a fluid explosive and either a detonator or a hydrophone is placed at one end of each segment of buried tubing so it can be used as a seismic source or a receiver. /Patent Abstract/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Notice of this patent appeared in Geophysics, Vol. 40, No. 3, June 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  United States Patent Office

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• Authors:
  • Dick, C W
• Publication Date: 1974-10-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detonation; Exploration; Explosive excavation; Explosives; Hydrophones; Seismicity; Tubing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Seismic investigations
• Old TRIS Terms: Detonators; Geological explorations
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097704
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 3,840,846 Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM