(engineering) The exploration for economic deposits by using seismic techniques, usually involving explosions, to map subsurface structures.
seismic exploration
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- continuous profiling (geology)
- ground noise
- Austin Powder Company (Subsidiary Company)
- Bolt Technology Corporation (Public Company)
- TGC Industries, Inc. (Public Company)
- Seismic stratigraphy
- Brigham Exploration Company
- Geophysical exploration (geophysics)
- Seismographic instrumentation
- Australian Canadian Oil Roya
- Seismic exploration for oil and gas (petroleum engineering)
- Oyo Geospace Corp
- Philip B. Watts (businessman)
