Abstract: Systems capable of seismically investigating the earth can include seismic sources and a disposable seismic sensor such as a fiber optic seismic sensor included within a drill string. The fiber optic seismic sensor can include a plurality of fiber Bragg gratings. Related methods can include using the seismic sources and the fiber optic seismic sensor to conduct seismic investigations.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program convert waveform data, e.g., sonic or ultrasonic waveform data, to a seismic data format that is compatible with a seismic-based computer program such as a geology application, seismic application, attribute extraction application, visualization application, etc., thereby enabling the converted data to be analyzed using such a seismic-based computer program. By doing so, various attributes, analysis techniques, and visualization techniques, among others, that have traditionally been utilized for seismic data, may also be utilized for sonic and/or ultrasonic data.