seismic survey

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Definition of seismic survey in English English dictionary

- Use of vibrations to locate formations within the Earth likely to contain oil or gas

The science of calculating the thickness of an area

A technique for determining the detailed structure of the rocks underlying a particular area by passing acoustic shock waves into the strata and detecting and measuring the reflected signals

Hyphenation

seis·mic sur·vey

Turkish pronunciation

sayzmîk sırvey

Pronunciation

/ˈsīzmək sərˈvā/ /ˈsaɪzmɪk sɜrˈveɪ/