SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION UNIT, METHOD, AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME

A System including multiple data acquisition units. A data acquisition unit includes a housing whose interior volume is defined by an outer wall, a top part and a bottom part; the housing includes a geolocation unit for processing a time synchronisation signal, a data communication unit for enabling wireless data communication with an external gateway device, a processing unit, a geophone assembly in the housing to sense vibration received via a sensing probe, extending from the bottom part of the housing, and/or the housing and to generate output signals to the processing unit, and a power supply unit to supply power to the geolocation unit, the data communication unit and the processing unit; a geolocation antenna and a data communication antenna extending from the top part of the housing; the processing unit processes the output signals from the geophone assembly to determine an occurrence of a seismic event.