Innovative high trace density design with broadband seismic data acquisition in the Cooper–Eromanga Basins, Australia

Abstract

Through a combination of innovative survey design, new technology and the introduction of novel operational techniques, the trace density of a 3D seismic survey in the Cooper Basin was increased from a baseline of 140 000 to 1 600 000 traces km–2, the bandwidth of the data was extended from four to six octaves, and the dataset was acquired in substantially the same time-frame and for the same cost as the baseline survey.