Stratigraphically consistent autointerpretation of borehole data

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-104

  Fullagar, Peter K ^a   Zhou, Binzhong ^b   Biggs, Mark ^c  

^a Fullagar Geophysics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Capricorn Coal Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autointerpretation; Coal; Geotechnical; Stratigraphic; Wireline logs

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOREHOLES; COAL MINES; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PETROGRAPHY;

WIRELINE SIGNATURES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; BOREHOLE LOGGING; DATA INTERPRETATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

EID: 0346421406     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2003.06.010     Document Type: Article

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