公开(公告)号：CA2330456C

公开(公告)日：2007-07-17

申请号：CA2330456

申请日：1999-04-28

Applicant: INPUT OUTPUT INC

Inventor： CHIEN LORING

IPC: G01V1/20 ,  G01V1/16

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for ensuring good coupling and vertically planting (12) of seis-mic receivers while substantially reducing the need for interconnecting wires and costly surveys. The appara-tus includes an acquisition unit (AU) (20) for measuring seismic energy and a planting member (12) for engag-ing and planting the AU (20). An electronic surveying instrument (14) is coupled to the planting member (12) for determining the location of the AU (20). An installer (16) plants the AU (20) in the terrain (22) in near vertical alignment using the planting member (12). Once the AU (20) is planted in near vertical alignment, coordinates are downloaded from the electronic survey unit to locate the planted AU (20).