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High-resolution common depth point seismic reflection profiling: instrumentation
Knapp, Ralph W. Steeples, Don W.
Knapp, Ralph W.
Steeples, Don W.
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Seismic recording hardware must be a deliberately designed system to extract and record highâresolution information faithfully. The single most critical element of this system is the detector. The detector chosen must be capable of faithfully generating the passband expected and furthermore, must be carefully coupled to the ground. Another important factor is to shape the energy passband so that it is as flat and broad as possible. This involves lowâcut filtering of the data before A/D conversion so the magnitude of the lowâfrequency signal does not swamp the highâfrequency signal. The objective is to permit boosting the magnitude of the highâfrequency signals to fill a significant number of bits of the digital word. Judicious use of a lowâcut filter is the main element of this step, although detector selection is also a factor because detectors have a â6 dB/octave velocity response at frequencies less than the resonant frequency of the detector. Finally, recording instrument quality must be good. Amplifiers should have low system noise, large dynamic range, and precision of 12 or more bits.
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This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from "http://library.seg.org".
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1986-02-01
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Society of Exploration Geophysicists
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Knapp, R.W. & Steeples, D.W. (1986). âHighâresolution commonâdepthâpoint seismic reflection profiling: Instrumentation.â Highâresolution commonâdepthâpoint seismic reflection profiling: Instrumentation, 51(2), 276-282. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.1442087