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Rich-azimuth towed-streamer acquisition

1. n. [Geophysics]

A marine seismic data acquisition method using one or more seismic vessels to obtain a combination of multiazimuth and wide-azimuth geometries. A rich-azimuth seismic dataset can be formed by combining the data where multiple wide-azimuth surveys intersect.