Abstract: A standard acquisition system is selected, the system comprises seismic signal sources disposed on an excitation surface and seismic signal receivers disposed on an acquisition surface, then a fold number is specified. A bin size is selected for a reflecting boundary, and the reflecting boundary is broken down into bins with the selected size. Ray tracing from each seismic signal source to each bin at the reflecting boundary and elongating of a reflected ray from the reflecting boundary to the acquisition surface are performed by computer simulation. A density of the seismic receivers location at the acquisition surface is calculated using a computer program. Then, based on the calculated seismic receivers location density, the seismic receivers are disposed at the acquisition surface for the selected seismic acquisition system providing the specified fold number.

Abstract: A standard acquisition system is selected, the system comprising seismic signal sources disposed on an excitation surface and seismic signal receivers disposed on an acquisition surface, and specifying a fold number. A bin size is selected for a reflecting boundary, and the reflecting boundary is broken down into bins with the selected size. Ray tracing from each seismic signal receiver to each bin at the reflecting boundary and elongating of a reflected ray from the reflecting boundary to the acquisition surface are performed by computer simulation. A density of the seismic sources at the excitation surface is calculated using a computer program. Then, based on the calculated seismic signal source density, the seismic sources are disposed at the excitation surface for the selected seismic acquisition system providing the specified fold number.