• journal_title：The Leading Edge
• Contributor：Andre J.-M. Pugin ; Susan E. Pullan ; James A. Hunter
• Publisher：Society of Exploration Geophysicists
• Date：2009-
• Format：text/html
• Language：en
• Identifier：10.1190/1.3249782
• journal_abbrev：The Leading Edge
• issn：1070-485X
• volume：28
• issue：10
• firstpage：1248
• section：Special section: Hydrogeophysics

Multicomponent seismic reflection methods are a new tool for oil and gas exploration and reservoir monitoring (Miles 1988), but such technologies have not yet been extensively exploited for near-surface exploration related to hydrogeological and/or geotechnical investigations. With the advantage of relatively inexpensive recording systems for near-surface applications, we show that the use of multicomponent high-resolution seismic reflection methods has great potential as a new means of observing and characterizing the physical parameters of the shallow subsurface, and in particular of groundwater reservoirs.