Overview Onboard

Geophysicist
By: Harris Tri Pratama

Mobilization
Geophysicists must be read the PEP for the guidance onboard.

Geodetic parameter & Coordinate location

Line interval

Survey equipment

2D High Res Seismic Parameter (Only geophysical site survey)

Data deliverable

 Geophysicists must be prepare all templates that needed onboard.

Preliminary report

Sound Velocity Profile

Calibration Reports

Soil Sampling Log

SVP
Sound

velocity
is
important for MBES data
to get precise water
depth.

SVP is use for check the

water depth either MBES

and SBES. (depends on
water depth)
Thermocline
zone

Thermocline zone is depth

at which the rate of

decrease of temperature
with increase of depth is
the largest.

Soil Sampling Log

 Geophysicists must check and calibration the geophysical

equipment (Sound Velocity Profiler, Side Scan Sonar and Pinger).

SSS Rub
test

SSS Wet
test

Pinger wet test

 Geophysicists must ensure the connection is connect with other PC

(ProMax, Processor, Surveyor, Analogue, Digital and Back-up hard

disk).
Geophysicists must involve and ensure the parameter of 2D High

Res Digital Seismic (Near Offset, Gun Depth, etc.)

2D High Res Digital Seismic

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Geophysicists must playback all data after recording in software

processing (CODA, Sonarwiz, Discover), for 2D High Res, the data

can be playback after process by ProMax Processor.
All geo hazards that it found when playback the data must be

inform into QC Geophysics Log data.

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For Single beam Echosounder (SBES) and Multibeam Ecshounder

(MBES), geophysicists must ensure the water depth has the same
value between them, if not the same please ensure the draught
check value in SBES.

d = depth from water surface

sound in water

v = average speed of

t = measured travel time

dr= Draught

d = ((V*t)/2) + dr

SBES Bathymetry

MBES Bathymetry

*The water depth value is not equal, due

to the input value of draught check is
incorrect

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Onboard
For SSS, geophysicists must ensure the data hasnt a gap because

of position jumping or not injected and cover range.

Position Not
Injected

Position
Injected

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For Pinger, geophysicists must ensure the layer is continue with

visually, except in bad weather condition and position is injected.

Bad data
record

Good data
record

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Geophysicists must check the area that surveyed is in corrected

coordinate with overlay one of the mosaic SSS data and survey
grid.

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Geophysicists must check the distance between SSS and Pinger is

right with overlay their trackplot.

Geophysical Processing (SSS)

Seabed tag
Tagging features
Generate tagging
Mosaic

Geophysical Processing
(Pinger)
Tagging R1
Tagging geo-hazard (Shallow Anomaly, Shallow Channel and

Fault)
Tagging Seabed, It must injected the cornav (CNV) before

tagging
Generate the tagging

Geophysical Interpretation
(SSS)
Seabed features map

Geophysical Interpretation
(Pinger)
Isopach map
Shallow Channel and Anomaly development map

Geophysical Reporting
Onboard
Preliminary report based on all geophysical data in 500-m

radius from the proposed location (Geophysical Site Survey)

and Based on the proposed pipeline route (pipeline route
survey).