Ocean Bottom Cable is an assembly of vertically oriented geophones and hydrophones connected by electrical wires that is dragged into position or dropped over any ocean-floor topography. The Ocean Bottom Cable is to enable surveying in areas of obstructions or shallow water inaccessible to ships towing seismic streamers. Recent developments provide four component (4C) seabed systems to record shear wave (S-wave) as well as P-wave energy.
Related Definitions in the Project: The Upstream Engineering
