Undisturbed temperature in the main drillhole of the German Continental Deep Drilling Program predicted from temperature logs recorded after shut-in

Geothermics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 393-406

  Wilhelm, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; KTB; Temperature logging; Undisturbed formation temperature

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; ERROR ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CRYSTALLINE CONTINENTAL CRUST; FORMAL ERROR ESTIMATE; GERMAN CONTINENTAL DEEP DRILLING PROGRAM; UNDISTURBED TEMPERATURE;

DIRECTIONAL DRILLING;

DEEP DRILLING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 0034212238     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6505(00)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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