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Geophysical Well Logging

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Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series ((EESS))

Synonyms

Borehole geophysics

Definition

Borehole geophysics includes all methods that make continuous profiles or point measurements at discrete depth stations in a borehole. These measurements are made by lowering different types of probes into a borehole and by electrically transmitting data in the form of either analog or digital signals to the surface, where they are recorded as a function of depth. The measurements are related to the physical and chemical properties of the rocks surrounding the borehole, the properties of the fluid saturating the pore spaces in the formation, the properties of fluid in the borehole, the construction of the well, or some combination of these factors.

Introduction

The science of well logging was begun by Conrad Schlumberger in 1927 as an application of his work on resistivity measurements of the earth in surface exploration (see Electrical Resistivity Surveys and Data Interpretation ). From the early measurement of electrical properties by means of...

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  1. Institute of Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, 128 43, Prague, Czech Republic

    Miroslav Kobr

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  1. National Geophysical Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Hyderabad, India

    Harsh K. Gupta

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Kobr, M. (2011). Geophysical Well Logging. In: Gupta, H.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8702-7_173

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