Method of processing geological and geophysical data

Claim 1

A METHOD OF PROCESSING SEISMIC DATA TO ISOLATE INFORMATION ON STRATIFICATION OF THE EARTH WHICH COMPRISES, RECORDING WAVES REFLECTED FROM SUCH STRATIFICATION, SUCH WAVES BEING GENERATED BY A SERIES OF ENERGY SOURCES SPACED AT INTERVALS ALONG A LINE AT THE EARTH''S SURFACE, INCORPORATING THE SIGNALS FROM THESE REFLECTED WAVES ON A TRANSPARENCY TO CREATE A SERIES OF SEISMIC SIGNALS DELINEATED BY LIGHT AND DARK LINES, UTILIZING SAID TRANSPARENCY AS A DIFFRACTION SOURCE IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL SYSTEM, UTILIZING A SPATIAL FILTER IN SAID OPTICAL SYSTEM TO SUPPRESS COMPONENTS HAVING UNWANTED FREQUENCIES AND UNWANTED DIRECTIONS OF ALIGNMENT IN THE TRANSPARENCY ON WHICH THE SEISMIC SIGNALS ARE RECORDED IN SAID SYSTEM, SAID RECONSTRUCTING THE DIFFRACTION PLANE INTO AN IMAGE CARRYING COMPONENTS HAVING THE FREQUENCIES AND DIRECTIONS WHICH REMAIN SUBSEQUENT TO FILTERING.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF PROCESSING SEISMIC DATA TO ISOLATE INFORMATION ON STRATIFICATION OF THE EARTH WHICH COMPRISES, RECORDING WAVES REFLECTED FROM SUCH STRATIFICATION, SUCH WAVES BEING GENERATED BY A SERIES OF ENERGY SOURCES SPACED AT INTERVALS ALONG A LINE AT THE EARTH''S SURFACE, INCORPORATING THE SIGNALS FROM THESE REFLECTED WAVES ON A TRANSPARENCY TO CREATE A SERIES OF SEISMIC SIGNALS DELINEATED BY LIGHT AND DARK LINES, UTILIZING SAID TRANSPARENCY AS A DIFFRACTION SOURCE IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL SYSTEM, UTILIZING A SPATIAL FILTER IN SAID OPTICAL SYSTEM TO SUPPRESS COMPONENTS HAVING UNWANTED FREQUENCIES AND UNWANTED DIRECTIONS OF ALIGNMENT IN THE TRANSPARENCY ON WHICH THE SEISMIC SIGNALS ARE RECORDED IN SAID SYSTEM, SAID RECONSTRUCTING THE DIFFRACTION PLANE INTO AN IMAGE CARRYING COMPONENTS HAVING THE FREQUENCIES AND DIRECTIONS WHICH REMAIN SUBSEQUENT TO FILTERING.