1. n. [Geophysics]
A bundle of electrical wires that connects geophones, or the entire carrier system for marine hydrophones, which includes the hydrophones, the electrical wires, the stress member, spacers, the outer skin of the cable, and the streamer filler, which is typically kerosene or a buoyant plastic. The cable relays data to the seismic recording truck or seismic vessel.
See: channel, eel, geophone, geophone cable, hydrophone, jug hustler, ocean-bottom cable, spacer, streamer