Benefits of continuous source and receiver side wavefields

In this paper, we describe a novel acquisition and processing method which makes use of continuous wavefields on both the source and receiver side to extract the response of the earth from marine seismic data. We will describe changes to the typical marine seismic acquisition method and outline the data processing methodology. Special emphasis is given to benefits gained from working with continuous wavefields in terms of improved acquisition efficiency and source side sampling in addition to reduced environmental footprint by lower sound levels.