What Constitutes A Good Microseismic Acquisition System?

In this paper, characteristics of an ideal microseismic acquisition system are described. Key sensor specifications are discussed with a view to record high quality signals including adequate bandwidth to cover the dominant spectral frequency content, sensitivity to record signals in the presence of background noise, dynamic range to record large and small amplitude signals, non-distortive response free of resonances and spurious frequencies and vector fidelity of 3C sensors to determine the raypath orientation to locate the microseismic source from a single well.