Wireline Standard Data Processing
ODP logging
contractor: LDEO-BRG
Hole: 840B
Leg: 135
Location: Tonga Ridge (tropical SW Pacific)
Latitude: 22° 13.259' S
Longitude: 175° 44.918' W
Logging date: January, 1991
Bottom felt: 754.5 mbrf (used for depth shift to sea floor)
Total penetration: 597.3 mbsf
Total core recovered: 176.2 m (29.5 %)
Logging
Runs
Logging string 1: DIT/SDT/HLDT/HLDT/CNTG/NGT
Logging string 2: ACT/GST/NGT
Logging string 3: FMS/GPIT/NGT (main and repeat)
No information available from logging reports about use of wireline heave compensate counter ship heave.
Bottom-hole
Assembly
The following bottom-hole assembly depths are as they appear on the logs after differential depth shift (see "Depth shift" section) and depth shift to the sea floor. As such, there might be a discrepancy with the original depths given by the drillers onboard. Possible reasons for depth discrepancies are ship heave and drill string and/or wireline stretch.
DIT/SDT/HLDT/CNTG/NGT: Recorded open-hole
ACT/GST/NGT: Bottom-hole assembly at ~64 mbsf
FMS/GPIT/NGT: Recorded open-hole.
Processing
Depth shift: Original FMS/GPIT/NGT logs have been interactively depth shifted with reference to NGT from ACT/GST/NGT and DIT/SDT/HLDT/CNTG/NGT runs and to the sea floor (- 754.5 m). The program used is an interactive, graphical depth-match program which allows to visually correlate logs and to define appropriate shifts. The reference and match channels are displayed on the screen, with vectors connecting old (reference curve) and new (match curve) shift depths. The total gamma ray curve (SGR) from the NGT tool run on each logging string is used to correlate the logging runs most often. In general, the reference curve is chosen on the basis of constant, low cable tension and high cable speed (tools run at faster speeds are less likely to stick and are less susceptible to data degradation caused by ship heave). Other factors, however, such as the length of the logged interval, the presence of drill pipe, and the statistical quality of the collected data (better statistics is obtained at lower logging speeds) are also considered in the selection. A list of the amount of differential depth shifts applied at this hole is available upon request.
Gamma-ray processing: NGT data from the DIT/SDT/HLDT/CNTG/NGT and ACT/GST/NGT runs have been processed to correct for borehole size and type of drilling fluid.
Acoustic data processing: The array sonic tool was operated in standard depth-derived borehole compensated mode, including long-spacing (8-10-10-12') logs. The sonic logs are of good quality and do not need any processing. Compressional velocities have been computed from the delay times.
Quality
Control
null value=-999.25. This value generally appears in discrete core measurement files and also it may replace recorded log values or results which are considered invalid.
During the processing, quality control of the data is mainly performed by cross-correlation of all logging data. Large (>12") and/or irregular borehole affects most recordings, particularly those that require eccentralization (CNTG, HLDT) and a good contact with the borehole wall. Hole deviation can also affect the data negatively; the FMS, for example, is not designed to be run in holes deviated more than 10 degrees, as the tool weight might cause the caliper to close.
Data recorded through bottom-hole assembly should be used qualitatively only because of the attenuation on the incoming signal. Invalid NGT data were recorded in the 35-47 mbsf interval by the ACT/GST/NGT tool string.
Hole diameter was recorded by the 3-arm mechanical caliper device (MCD) on the DIT/SDT/NGT tool string and by the caliper on the FMS string (C1 and C2).
An invalid resistivity reading (SFLU) was recorded at 554 mbsf.
Additional information about the logs can be found in the "Explanatory Notes" and Site Chapter, ODP IR volume 135. For further questions about the logs, please contact:
Cristina Broglia
Phone: 845-365-8343
Fax: 845-365-3182
E-mail: Cristina Broglia