The use of pseudorandom sweeps for vibroseis surveys

Pseudorandom vibroseis sweeps have long been suggested as an alternative to standard linear sweeps due to their potential for having superior orthogonality, a lower likelihood for infrastructure damage, and increased low-frequency content. In the past, they were also attractive as they have a better...

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Main Author: Dean, Timothy
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53243
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description Pseudorandom vibroseis sweeps have long been suggested as an alternative to standard linear sweeps due to their potential for having superior orthogonality, a lower likelihood for infrastructure damage, and increased low-frequency content. In the past, they were also attractive as they have a better autocorrelation shape, although that is less important today. Their use has been limited but the increasing popularity of simultaneous acquisition techniques has rekindled interest as they offer the ability to reduce interference noise. A wide variety of methods for generating pseudorandom sweeps have been developed over the last 45 years. This paper gives an overview of the motivations for their use before classifying and describing the different sweep types. Finally, the sweeps will be compared in terms of their major attributes including their suitability for simultaneous surveys.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-532432017-10-13T06:16:45Z The use of pseudorandom sweeps for vibroseis surveys Dean, Timothy Pseudorandom vibroseis sweeps have long been suggested as an alternative to standard linear sweeps due to their potential for having superior orthogonality, a lower likelihood for infrastructure damage, and increased low-frequency content. In the past, they were also attractive as they have a better autocorrelation shape, although that is less important today. Their use has been limited but the increasing popularity of simultaneous acquisition techniques has rekindled interest as they offer the ability to reduce interference noise. A wide variety of methods for generating pseudorandom sweeps have been developed over the last 45 years. This paper gives an overview of the motivations for their use before classifying and describing the different sweep types. Finally, the sweeps will be compared in terms of their major attributes including their suitability for simultaneous surveys. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53243 10.1111/1365-2478.12074 Wiley-Blackwell restricted
spellingShingle Dean, Timothy
The use of pseudorandom sweeps for vibroseis surveys
title The use of pseudorandom sweeps for vibroseis surveys
title_full The use of pseudorandom sweeps for vibroseis surveys
title_fullStr The use of pseudorandom sweeps for vibroseis surveys
title_full_unstemmed The use of pseudorandom sweeps for vibroseis surveys
title_short The use of pseudorandom sweeps for vibroseis surveys
title_sort use of pseudorandom sweeps for vibroseis surveys
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53243