A drone geophone installation arrangement comprising a drone configured to transport a geophone, and an anchor arrangement configured to selectively and releasably anchor the drone to a surface. Also included is a geophone implantation assembly configured to implant the geophone into the surface, the implantation assembly comprising i) a geophone receptacle configured to releasably receive the geophone, ii) a translation carriage configured to urge the geophone receptacle into the surface, and iii) a pulsator configured to apply at least one implantation pulse to the geophone receptacle to facilitate implantation of the geophone into the surface while the drone is anchored thereto. An associated geophone installation method is also described.