At present due to depletion of reserves in the majority of Western Siberia oil and gas fields, with reservoirs mainly related to lower Cretaceous and Jurassic section interval, the basement intervals present primary scientific and practical interest for prospecting and exploration. At the Bystrovka vibroseismic test site (Novosibirsk region), the Paleozoic basement occurs at depth of about 10 m. This allowed investigating its elastic properties with shallow seismic technique using VSP. Results of these investigations are presented in the present paper.

At the Bystrovka vibroseismic test site (Novosibirsk region) 3-component refracted waves profiling was performed at three intersecting lines. Shear waves analysis made possible to detect anisotropy of the Paleozoic basement occurring at depth of about 10 m and to suggest symmetry elements of this medium along with their orientation. Compressional waves data were used to construct depth sections estimating head waves velocities. These velocities demonstrate significant variation in lines of different orientation. The results obtained agree with previously performed VSP.

For the problem of reflected travel time computation in horizontal layered media, a modified parameter is suggested, providing regularization of the formula and improving the iteration solution convergence.

This paper analyses the influence of a thick horizontal - transversely isotropic interval on kinematics of converted waves. We attempted to distinguish the effect of horizontal layering considering azimuthal profiles separately.