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geophone

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geophone [′jēยทə‚fōn]
(electronics)
A transducer, used in seismic work, that responds to motion of the ground at a location on or below the surface of the earth.


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The echoes from the vibrations are picked up by 12 kilometres of cables and geophones.
The Seismic Refraction Tomography technique uses a low impact seismic energy source to emit energy into the earth and then, with geophone arrays, detects the refractive energy from the target buried paleo-channel.
The DSU3 428XL provides low frequency broadband data that cannot be acquired with conventional geophones.
 
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