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CA 1263470
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A marine seismic source array and method wherein three or more sources are positioned with critical inter-source spacing to produce, when fired in the water, an acoustic pulse whose primary to bubble ratio for a given recording band width is substantially maximized. The sources of the array are adapted and positioned so that each produces when fired a bubble of substantially equal maximum radius. In one preferred embodiment, the array includes four sources positioned approximately at the vertices of a square having side length equal to ?R, where R is the maximum radius of the bubble that would be produced by each source in the array if fired alone. In all embodiments, the critical spacing between each source and the source nearest thereto will be not less than the maximum bubble radius 1.2R and not greater than the quantity 2R. In another embodiment, two or more sets of sources are employed, with the sources in each set being positioned and oriented in the water to produce when fired bubbles of substantially equal maximum radius, and such that each source in each set is separated from the other sources nearest thereto in the set by the critical spacing.
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Wride John C.
Young D. Raymond
Borden Ladner Gervais Llp
Exxon Production Research Company
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