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http://dx.doi.org/10.9720/kseg.2015.4.525

Improving the Standoff Compensation in a Density Log  

Kim, Jongman (Geologic Environment Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Park, Sung Geun (Geomecca Engineering Inc.)
Jung, Dabin (Department of Geophysics, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Yeonghwa (Department of Geophysics, Kangwon National University)
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The Journal of Engineering Geology / v.25, no.4, 2015 , pp. 525-532 More about this Journal
Abstract
After comparing the effectiveness of standoff compensation between current techniques using data obtained from a series of borehole model experiments for standoff compensation in 2007, 2008, and 2009, a follow-up study was conducted to find a more effective standoff compensation algorithm, Comparing the results of the application of the conventional spine and ribs technique, and the spine and ribs technique in terms of apparent density shows that the standoff compensation error obtained from the latter method is more than twice that obtained from the former. The larger size of the compensation error from the spine and ribs plot using the radioactive decay equation indicates that there are no benefits in using this equation in standoff compensation. Based on these results, we propose a reverse transform spine and ribs technique by essentially combining the conventional spine and ribs technique and the spine and ribs technique in terms of apparent density.
Keywords
standoff compensation; density; spine; rib;
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