This invention is a method of separating induced microseismicity signals
from seismic signals acquired within active seismic monitoring operations
carried out in underground zones under development which has application
for monitoring of underground hydrocarbon or fluid storage reservoirs.
Seismic records are formed from signals emitted by one or more seismic
sources controlled by orthogonal signals. In this case, the signals are
processed to separate the respective contributions of the at least one
seismic source to the signals received and to reconstruct the seismograms
equivalent to those that would be obtained by actuating the at least one
seismic source separately. The induced microseismicity signals (passive
seismic signals) are separated from the seismic signals coming from
sources (active seismic signals) essentially by isolating the
contribution thereof by comparison with a spectral reference model at the
fundamental frequencies emitted and at the respective harmonics thereof,
and by reconstructing in the time domain the induced microseismicity
signals and the signals coming from the at least one seismic source.