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High-resolution seismic reflection surveying at paved areas using an S-wave type land streamer

  • Inazaki Tomio
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2004
  • High-resolution S-wave reflection surveying has been successfully conducted on paved areas using a Land Streamer originally designed by the author. The main feature of the Land Streamer tool is the non-stretch woven belt on which geophone units are mounted to form a multichannel geophone array similar to a marine streamer. Because it is easily towed by a vehicle or by hand, the tool leads to high performance in field measurements and resultant cost-effectiveness of high-resolution reflection surveys. Although each geophone unit is coupled to the pavement through a metallic baseplate instead of being firmly planted in the ground, the Land Streamer tool provides comparatively clean data, unaffected by traffic noise even on the pavement. Thus, the tool is capable of expanding the opportunity for S-wave reflection surveys in urban areas where many surfaces are paved and traffic noise is severe. A series of high-resolution S-wave reflection surveys on paved areas delineated detailed structures of surface layers shallower than 60 m, and proved the wide applicability of the tool to engineering, environmental applications, and earthquake disaster prevention projects.

A Study on the Integrated Seismic Reflection and Refraction for Shallow Marine Site Survey KSEG.KGS Joint Symposium (천해저 조사를 위한 탄성파 반사법 및 굴절법 통합연구)

  • Kim, Chan-Su;Lee, Sang-Chul;Shin, Sung-Ryul;Kim, Hyun-Do;Jo, Chul-Hyun
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.349-352
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    • 2007
  • Estimating the physical properties of the survey area and mapping the geotechnical basement play an important role in ocean engineering and construction field. In this study, we performed marine seismic reflection and refraction survey as an engineering application at shallow marine. We made use of the dual boomer - single channel streamer as a source-receiver in reflection seismic survey and air-gun source - the manufactured OBC(Ocean Bottom Cable)-type streamer in refraction survey. In the seismic reflection data, we could easily find the geological layers and basement. Moreover, seismic refraction data could present sediment thickness and velocity distribution.

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Development of Digital Streamer System for Ultra-high-resolution Seismic Survey (초고해상 탄성파 탐사를 위한 디지털 스트리머 시스템 개발)

  • Shin, Jungkyun;Ha, Jiho;Yoon, Seongwoong;Im, Taesung;Im, Gwansung
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.129-139
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    • 2022
  • Analog-based streamers for ultra-high-resolution seismic surveys are capable of additional noise ingress in water, but the specifications cannot be expanded through interconnections. Foreign-produced digital streamers have been introduced and used primarily at domestic research institutes; however, the cost is high and smooth maintenance is challenging. This study investigates the localization of ultra-high-resolution digital streamers capable of high-resolution imaging of a geological structure. A digital streamer capable of 24-bit, 10 kHz digital sampling of up to 64 channel data was developed through research and development. Various quantitative specifications of the system were designed and developed close to the benchmark model, Geometrics' GeoEel streamer, and the number of modules that make up the system was drastically reduced, reducing development costs and making it easier to use. The field applicability of the developed streamer system was evaluated in an in situ experiment conducted in the waters around the Port of Yeong-il Bay in Pohang in April 2022.

Benchmark Test Study of Localized Digital Streamer System (국산화 디지털 스트리머 시스템의 벤치마크 테스트 연구)

  • Jungkyun Shin;Jiho Ha;Gabseok Seo;Young-Jun Kim;Nyeonkeon Kang;Jounggyu Choi;Dongwoo Cho;Hanhui Lee;Seong-Pil Kim
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.52-61
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    • 2023
  • The use of ultra-high-resolution (UHR) seismic surveys to preceisly characterize coastal and shallow structures have increased recently. UHR surveys derive a spatial resolution of 3.125 m using a high-frequency source (80 Hz to 1 kHz). A digital streamer system is an essential module for acquiring high-quality UHR seismic data. Localization studies have focused on reducing purchase costs and decreasing maintenance periods. Basic performance verification and application tests of the developed streamer have been successfully carried out; however, a comparative analysis with the existing benchmark model was not conducted. In this study, we characterized data obtained by using a developed streamer and a benchmark model simultaneously. Tamhae 2 and auxiliary equipment of the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources were used to acquire 2D seismic data, which were analyzed from different perspectives. The data obtained using the developed streamer differed in sensitivity from that obtained using benchmark model by frequency band.However, both type of data had a very high level of similarity in the range corresponding to the central frequency band of the seismic source. However, in the low frequency band below 60 Hz, data obtained using the developed streamer showed a lower signal-to-noise ratio than that obtained using the benchmark model.This lower ratio can hinder the quality in data acquisition using low-frequency sound sources such as cluster air guns. Three causes for this difference were, and streamers developed in future will attempt to reflect on these improvements.

Broadband Seismic Exploration Technologies via Ghost Removal (도깨비파 제거를 통한 광대역 탄성파 탐사 기술)

  • Choi, Woochang;Pyun, Sukjoon
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.183-197
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    • 2018
  • In the delineation of geological structures using seismic exploration, it is very important to improve resolution of seismic data as well as accurate velocity model building and subsurface imaging. The resolution of seismic data can be enhanced by employing high-frequency energy sources or by applying deconvolution techniques in data processing. In marine seismic exploration, however, the main reason for degradation of resolution is the loss of specific frequency components due to ghosts. If we remove the ghosts, we can obtain broadband seismic data by avoiding frequency loss, and thus providing high-resolution subsurface images. Although ghosts can be properly filtered out in the data processing step, more effective broadband seismic technologies have been developing through the evolution of seismic instruments and the innovation of survey design. Overseas exploration companies developed brand-new configurations of receivers such as over/under streamer and variable-depth streamer, or ghost removal techniques using dual-sensor streamer to serve high-resolution imaging technologies. Unfortunately, neither broadband seismic instrument nor processing technique has been studied in Korea. In this paper, we introduce fundamental theories and current status of broadband seismic technologies to assist domestic researchers to study those technologies.

A Study on the Shallow Marine Site Survey using Seismic Reflection and Refraction Method (탄성파 반사법 및 굴절법을 이용한 천해저 지반조사에 대한 연구)

  • Shin, Sung-Ryul;Kim, Chan-Su;Jo, Churl-Hyun
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.109-115
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    • 2008
  • It is very important to estimate the physical properties of survey area and delineate the geological basement in marine site survey for the design of offshore structures. For the purpose of providing high quality data by means of engineering site survey, it is necessary to apply several survey techniques and carry out the integrated interpretation to each other. In this study, we applied single channel seismic reflection method and OBC (Ocean Bottom Cable) type seismic refraction method at shallow marine. We used a dual boomer-single channel streamer as a source-receiver in seismic reflection survey and airgun source-the developed OBC type streamer in seismic refraction survey. We made 24 channels OBC type streamer which has 4m channel interval and each channel is composed of single hydrophone and preamplifier. We tested the field applicability of the proposed method and applied the typical seismic data processing methods to the obtained reflection data in order to enhance the data quality and image resolution. In order to estimate the geological velocity distribution from refraction data, seismic refraction tomography technique was applied. Therefore, we could successfully perform time-depth conversion using the velocity information as an integrated interpretation. The proposed method could provide reliable geologic information such as sediment layer thickness and 3D basement depth map.

Data Processing using Anisotropic Analysis for the Long-offset Marine Seismic Data of the East Sea, Korea (동해 해역 원거리 해양탄성파 탐사자료의 이방성 분석을 이용한 전산처리)

  • Joo, Yonghwan;Kim, Byoung-yeop
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.13-21
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    • 2020
  • The acquisition and processing of long-offset data are essential for imaging deep geological structures in marine seismic surveys. It is challenging to derive an accurate subsurface image by employing conventional data processing to long-offset data owing to the normal moveout (NMO) stretch and non-hyperbolic moveout phenomena induced by seismic anisotropy. In 2017, the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources conducted a simultaneous two-dimensional multichannel streamer and ocean-bottom seismic survey using a 5.7-km streamer and an ocean-bottom seismometer to identify the deep geological structure of the Ulleung Basin. Herein, the actual geological subsurface structure was obtained via the sequential iterative updating of the velocity and anisotropic parameters of the long-offset data obtained using a multichannel streamer, and anisotropic prestack Kirchhoff migration was performed using the updated velocity and anisotropic parameters as input parameters. As a result, the reflection energy in the long-offset traces, which showed non-hyperbolic moveout owing to seismic anisotropy, was well aligned horizontally and NMO stretches were also reduced. Thus, a more precise and accurate migrated image was obtained, minimizing the distortion of reflectors and mispositioned reflection energy.

High-resolution Shallow Marine Seismic Survey by Using a Multi-channel Seismic System (다중채널을 이용한 천해저 고해상 해양 탄성파탐사)

  • Kim, Hyun-Do;Kim, Jin-Hoo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.757-763
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    • 2005
  • A multi-channel seismic system has been developed and applied for bedrock mapping in near shore environment. The system is composed of an analog signal processor and an A/D converter installed on the computer, and a streamer with the group interval of 5 meters. The system is accomplished with a data acquisition program which controls the system and a data processing software. With the PC-based shallow marine seismic survey system high-resolution 2-D marine seismic profiles which have high S/N ratios can be obtained after appropriate data processing.

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High-resolution Shallow Marine Seismic Survey using a PC based 8-channel Seismic System (PC기반 8채널 해양 탄성파탐사 시스템을 이용한 고해상 천해저 탐사)

  • Kim, Hyun-Do;Kim, Jin-Hoo
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.187-194
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    • 2005
  • A PC-based 8-channel seismic system has been developed and applied for bedrock mapping in near shore environment. The system is composed of an analog signal processor and an A/D converter installed on the computer, and a streamer with the group interval of 5 meters. The system is accomplished with a data acquisition program which controls the system and a data processing software. With the PC-based shallow marine seismic survey system high-resolution 2-D marine seismic profiles which have high S/N ratios can be obtained after appropriate data processing.

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Seismic Imaging of Ocean-bottom Seismic Data for Finding a Carbon Capture and Storage Site: Two-dimensional Reverse-time Migration of Ocean-bottom Seismic Data Acquired in the Pohang Basin, South Korea (이산화탄소 지중저장 부지 선정을 위한 해저면 탄성파 탐사자료의 영상화: 포항 영일만 해저면 탐사자료의 2차원 역시간 구조보정)

  • Park, Sea-Eun;Li, Xiangyue;Kim, Byoung Yeop;Oh, Ju-Won;Min, Dong-Joo;Kim, Hyoung-Soo
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.78-88
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    • 2021
  • Owing to the abnormal weather conditions due to global warming, carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology has attracted global attention as a countermeasure to reduce CO2 emissions. In the Pohang CCS demonstration project in South Korea, 100 tons of CO2 were successfully injected into the subsurface CO2 storage in early 2017. However, after the 2017 Pohang earthquake, the Pohang CCS demonstration project was suspended due to an increase in social concerns about the safety of the CCS project. In this study, to reconfirm the structural suitability of the CO2 storage site in the Pohang Basin, we employed seismic imaging based on reverse-time migration (RTM) to analyze small-scale ocean-bottom seismic data, which have not been utilized in previous studies. Compared with seismic images using marine streamer data, the continuity of subsurface layers in the RTM image using the ocean-bottom seismic data is improved. Based on the obtained subsurface image, we discuss the structural suitability of the Pohang CO2 storage site.