Double sonogramming for seismic record improvement

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THE METHOD OF TRANSFORMING AN ORIGINAL MULTITRACE RECORDING OF MACHINE-READABLE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING SEISMIC ENERGY INTO AN IMPROVED MULTITRACE RECORD REPRESENTING SAID ENERGY COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) READING THE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS IN SAID MULTITRACE RECORDING AND SONOGRAMMING SAID REAL SIGNALS TO PRODUCE A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE SIGNAL SUMMATION TRACES OF THE INSTANTANEOUS AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS OF SAID ELECTRICAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING SAID SEISMIC ENERGY IN EACH TRACE OF SAID ORIGINAL MULTITRACE RECORD, EACH OF SAID SEPARATE SIGNAL SUMMATION TRACES BEING CHARACTERIZED BY SHIFTS OF THE TIME AXIS OF EACH TRACE OF SAID ORIGINAL RECORD WITH RESPECT TO ONE TRACE OF SAID ORIGINAL RECORD, EACH TRACE OF SAID ORIGINAL RECORD HAVING ITS TIME AXIS SHIFTED A FIXED INCREMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE SHIFT OF THE NEXT ADJACENT TRACE, EACH SEPARATE SIGNAL SUMMATION TRACE BEING CHARACTERIZED BY CONTROL OF SAID FIXED INCREMENT IN SHIFTING OF SAID TIME AXIS OF SAID TRACES OF SAID ORIGINAL RECORD AND INCLUDING A TIME REFERENCE DERIVED FROM SAID ONE TRACE TO IDENTIFY MOVEOUT ORIENTED ENERGY REPRESENTED BY THE PARTICULAR SIGNAL SUMMATION TRACE, AND RECORDING SAID SEPARATE SIGNAL SUMMATION TRACES IN SEQUENCE AS SIDE-BYSIDE TRACES IN AN INTERMEDIATE RECORD INCLUDING ONE SUMMATION TRACE REPRESENTING ZERO MOVEOUT ORIENTED ENERGY AND HAVING A TIME AXIS BASED ON SAID ONE TRACE OF SAID ORIGINAL RECORD, ALL OTHER SIGNAL SUMMATION TRACES HAVING A TIME AXIS ALIGNED WITH THE TIME AXIS OF SAID ZERO MOVEOUT SUMMATION TRACE,