Microresistivity and ultrasonic imagers: tool operations and processing principles with reference to commonly encountered image artefacts

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 159, Issue , 1999, Pages 45-57

  Cheung, Philip S ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; BOREHOLE LOGGING; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; IMAGING METHOD; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0033503901     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.159.01.02     Document Type: Article

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