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water gun

1. n. []

A source of energy for acquisition of marine seismic data that shoots water from a chamber in the tool into a larger body of water, creating cavitation. The cavity is a vacuum and implodes without creating secondary bubbles. This provides a short time signature and higher resolution than an air-gun source.

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