In their report, the authors recommend that the arrival of a compressional wave at a geophone or hydrophone shall ultimately produce a trough (downward or leftward kick) on a seismogram; but they don’t say why. On sonic logs and displays of velocity versus time, velocity increases are up; likewise for density increases on density logs; likewise for positive reflection coefficients on reflection coefficient logs computed from the previously mentioned logs. Should not seismograms, which ideally are bandlimited reflection coefficient logs, conform to the same convention? The committee succeeded in the objectives of establishing the relationship between impulse‐source systems and vibratory‐source systems and of establishing tests for the determination of the polarity of a given system. I feel strongly that the committee should recommend that a compressional arrival shall produce a peak on a seismogram.
