ABI40/OBI40 Image Data Processing
IODP-MSP
drilling and logging contractor: ESO
Hole: M0009D
Expedition: 310
Location:
Latitude: 17° 29.3153' S
Longitude:
149° 24 2011' W
Logging
date: October 22,
2005
Sea
floor depth (driller's): 103.18 mbrf (118.25 mbsl)
Sea
floor depth (logger's): 103.18 mbrf
Total
penetration: 43.31
mbsf
Total
core recovered:
23.62 m (54.54 % of cored section)
Oldest
sediment recovered:
Pleistocene sequence
Lithologies: Reef framework, algal crusts, and
microbialite matrix
ABI40: 19.14 – 28.94 mbsf
OBI40 Lower/Upper
Sections: 4.26 -28.54 mbsf
The OBI40 and ABI40 acquired optical and acoustic images respectively at millimetre scale resolution. The optical images provide continuous and color-calibrated images of the borehole wall with a pixel size of less than 1 mm horizontally by 2 mm vertically. The acoustic images show the acoustic hardness of the lithologies within the coral reef sequence with a pixel size of 1.1 mm horizontally by 4 mm vertically.
The images are displayed as an unwrapped
borehole cylinder and are provided in .BMP and .PDF format. A dipping plane in the
borehole will appear as a sinusoid on the image with the amplitude of this
sinusoid proportional to the dip of the plane. The images are oriented with
respect to north, hence the strike of dipping features can also be determined. Additional
processing on the accelerometer data of the image tools by a double integration
of the acceleration allowed, whenever needed, a detailed repositioning of the
recorded image data to its correct position with respect to the seafloor.
The ABI40 images of the borehole wall are
unaffected by borehole fluid quality. On the other hand, in regions where the borehole fluid
was cloudy OBI40 images are of lower quality with a blurred appearance.
Acoustic images in borehole M0009D are of very
high quality. Optical images were obtained in two sections of the borehole and
are generally of high quality. In the lower interval, optical images are
slightly affected by cloudy borehole fluids around cavities but overall the
quality is good. The acquisition of optical images in the upper section was
difficult due to hostile borehole conditions and the OBI40 became stuck
frequently in this interval necessitating aiding it through the most
problematic intervals by using hands on the cable. This resulted in a
substantial degradation of image data quality in the lower part of this interval.
Additional
information about the drilling and logging operations can be found in the
Operations section of the Site Chapter in IODP Proceedings of Expedition 310.
For further questions about the data, please contact:
Jennifer
Inwood
Phone:
011-44-116-252-3327
Fax:
011-44--116-252-3918
E-mail: iodp@le.ac.uk
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web site-related problem please contact:
E-mail: logdb@ldeo.columbia.edu