Flexible VHR Marine 3D Seismic Method for Small-Scale Site Surveys in Shallow Water

P126 FLEXIBLE VHR MARINE 3D SEISMIC METHOD FOR SMALL-SCALE SITE SURVEYS IN SHALLOW WATER Introduction 1 The adaptation of marine 3D seismic acquisition to very high and ultra high (multi kHz) frequency investigations is advancing slowly. In the early 90s the Renard Centre of Marine Geology (University of Gent) demonstrated that it is feasible to acquire VHR 3D seismic data in a modest and cost-effective way thereby entering the world of small-scale geological structures (Henriet et al. 1992; Marsset et al. 1998). Despite the good results the data were not of the optimum quality due to a number of technical