Multicomponent high-resolution seismic reflection profiling

• Published in: Leading edge (Tulsa, Okla.) Vol. 28; no. 10; pp. 1248 - 1261
• Main Authors: Pugin, Andre J. M, Pullan, Susan E, Hunter, James A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Society of Exploration Geophysicists 01-10-2009
• Subjects: applied (geophysical surveys & methods); aquifers; body waves; Canada; data processing; Eastern Canada; elastic waves; geophysical methods; geophysical profiles; geophysical surveys; Geophysics; ground water; high-resolution methods; Hydrogeology; lithofacies; marine environment; monitoring; Ontario; Ottawa Ontario; reflection methods; reservoir rocks; S-waves; seismic methods; seismic profiles; seismic waves; shallow depth; surveys; velocity
• ISSN: 1070-485X; 1938-3789
• DOI: 10.1190/1.3249782

Multicomponent seismic reflection methods are a new tool for oil and gas exploration and reservoir monitoring (Miles 1988), but such technologies have not yet been extensively exploited for near-surface exploration related to hydrogeological and/or geotechnical investigations. With the advantage of relatively inexpensive recording systems for near-surface applications, we show that the use of multicomponent high-resolution seismic reflection methods has great potential as a new means of observing and characterizing the physical parameters of the shallow subsurface, and in particular of groundwater reservoirs.