In most marine seismic refraction studies using shots detonated near the sea surface, the location of receivers and shots are usually assumed to be located at the point of deployment and the shot times are accurately known. In the case of bottom shots and receivers, however, the above assumption can be led to big errors in the shot and receiver positions. The errors in the shot and receiver positions can cause severe distort in the interpretation of deep ocean refraction studies. In this study, an inversion algorithm has been developed to reduce the errors in the shot and receiver position. The inversion method has been used to obtain the shot and receiver positions and the shot origin times of a deep ocean refraction seismic experiment which was performed near the Juan de Fuca ridge in 1985. The comparison of two seismic record sections, one using the initial shot and receiver positions and the other using the shot and receiver positions obtained by the inversion algorithm, shows that the seismic signals emerges much more gradually in the latter. This indicated that the posotions of shots and receivers should be relocated using some inversion methods for better interpretation of deep marine seismic refraction studies.

• Heeok Jung | 정희옥