Depth controlled marine seismic detection cable

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A WATERBORNE SEISMIC PROSPECTING SYSTEM FOR SUBAQUEOUS GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, (1) AN OIL FILLED FLEXIBLE ELONGATED NEUTRALLY BUOYANT DETECTOR STREAMER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE DETECTION STREAMER SECTIONS SERIALLY CONNECTED AND ADAPTED TO BE TOWED BY A VESSEL AT A UNIFORMLY HIGH RATE OF SPEED BENEATH THE SURFACE OF A BODY OF WATER, EACH OF SAID SECTIONS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SEISMIC DETECTING DEVICES THEREIN, (2) A LEAD IN TOW CABLE SECURED TO THE VESSEL FOR TOWING THE STREAMER THROUGH THE WATER, (3) LONGITUDINALLY EXTENSIBLE ELASTIC YIELDABLE MEANS INTECONNECTING THE TRAILING END OF SAID TOW CABLE WITH THE LEADING END OF SAID DETECTION STREAMER FOR PREVENTING VIBRATIONS FROM THE TOW CABLE FROM ADVERSELY AFFECTING SAID DETECTING DEVICES WHILE THE STREAMER IS TOWED THROUGH THE WATER AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, (4) AND ADDITIONAL LONGITUDINALLY EXTENSIBLE ELASTIC MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE ADJACENT TRAILING AND LEADING ENDS RESPECTIVELY OF AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF SAID DETECTION STREAMER SECTIONS INTERMEDIATE THE HEAD AND TRAILING SECTIONS OF SAID STREAMER FOR MAINTAINING THE STREAMER AT A PREDETERMINED DEPTH OF SUBMERSION AT THE INTERCONNECTED SECTIONS, SAID ELASTIC INTERCONNECTING MEANS COMPRISING,