Automatic detection of lithologic boundaries using the Walsh transform: A case study from the KTB borehole

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 949-955

  Maiti, Saumen ^a   Tiwari, R K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Borehole geophysics; KTB; Low pass filtering; Rock boundary detection; Walsh transforms

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FILTRATION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

LITHOLOGIC BOUNDARY DETECTION; WALSH TRANSFORM THEORY;

LITHOLOGY;

LITHOFACIES;

EID: 22644441841     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2005.01.016     Document Type: Article

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