Assessment and interpretation of electrical borehole images using numerical simulations

Log Analyst

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 34-43

  Williams, C G ^a,c   Jackson, P D ^b   Lovell, M A ^a   Harvey, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Campus 2   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ELECTRICAL BOREHOLE IMAGES; FORMATION MICROSCANNER;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 0031274268     PISSN: 0024581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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