Wireline Standard Data Processing

ODP logging contractor: LDEO-BRG

Hole: 917A

Leg: 152

Location: East Greenland Shelf (Greenland Sea)

Latitude: 63° 29.500' N

Longitude: 39° 49.665' W

Logging date: October, 1993

Bottom felt: 519 mbrf (used for depth shift to sea floor)

Total penetration: 874.9 mbsf

Total core recovered: 454.88 m (52 %)

Logging Runs

Logging String #1: FMS/GPIT/NGT

Logging String #2: DIT/SDT/HLDT/NGT

Wireline heave compensator was used to counter ship heave.

Bottom-hole Assembly

Neither drill string reached the bottom of the pipe.

Processing

Depth shift: Original logs have been interactively depth shifted with reference to NGT from FMS/GPIT/NGT run, and to the sea floor (- 519 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: Data 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 have been processed to eliminate some of the noise and cycle skipping experienced during the recording. Using two sets of the four transit time measurements and proper depth justification, four independent measurements over a -2ft interval centered on the depth of interest are determined, each based on the difference between a pair of transmitters and receivers. The program discards any transit time that is negative or falls outside a range of meaningful values selected by the processor.

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 (ex. processed sonic data).

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.

Hole diameter was recorded by, the hydraulic caliper on the HLDT tool (CALI) and the caliper on the FMS string (C1 and C2).

The density data are locally affected by the irregular hole size: invalid spikes were detected at 199, 233, 324, 351, 377, and 556.5 mbsf.

Even after re-processing, the acoustic data must be used cautiously; they generally correlate quite well with other porosity-related curves like the resistivity logs, but show suspicious intervals/spikes at 185-200, 205, 207, 240-248, 387, 428, 449, 466, 473.5, 481.5, and 529 mbsf.

The resistivity logs show invalid data at 321-322 mbsf.

Details of standard shore-based processing procedures are found in the "Explanatory Notes" chapter, ODP IR Volume 152. For further information about the logs, please contact:

Cristina Broglia
Phone: 845-365-8343
Fax: 845-365-3182
E-mail: Cristina Broglia