A brute-strength approach to improving the quality of seismoelectric data

Successfully acquiring seismoelectric data is extremely difficult, mainly due to the inherently low signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio of the data. This difficulty is exacerbated by the weak sources (usually a sledgehammer) and low channel counts (12 to 24) commonly employed. In this article, we summarise...

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Main Authors: Dean, T, Dupuis, Christian, Valuri, Jason, Herrman, Rolph
Other Authors: SEG
Format: Conference Paper
Published: SEG 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47278
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Summary:Successfully acquiring seismoelectric data is extremely difficult, mainly due to the inherently low signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio of the data. This difficulty is exacerbated by the weak sources (usually a sledgehammer) and low channel counts (12 to 24) commonly employed. In this article, we summarise two experiments we conducted to overcome these SNR limitations using a ‘brute-strength’ approach, i.e., employing a large seismic source, a hydraulic vibrator, and relatively high channel counts.