ODP logging contractor: LDEO-BRG

Well name: 1007C

Leg: 166

Location: Great Bahama Bank (tropical NW Atlantic)

Latitude: 24° 30.254' N

Longitude: 79° 19.348' W

Logging date: April, 1996

Bottom felt: 659 mbrf (used for depth shift to sea floor)

Total penetration: 1235.4 mbsf

Total core recovered: 503.3 m (53.9 %)

 

Logging Runs

 

Logging string 1: DIT/SDT/HLDT/CNTG/NGT

Logging string 2: WST

 

      Wireline heave compensator was used to counter ship heave.

 

Bottom-hole Assembly

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      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, use of wireline heave compensator, and drill string and/or wireline stretch.

      DIT/SDT/HLDT/CNTG/NGT: Bottom-hole assembly at ~110 mbsf.

 

Processing

 

      Depth shift: No depth shift necessary as only one run was recorded.

 

      Gamma-ray environmental corrections: 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, long spacing (8'-10'-10'-12') mode. The 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.

 

      High-resolution data: Bulk density and neutron porosity data were recorded at a sampling rate of 2.54 and 5.08 cm respectively. The enhanced bulk density curve is the result of Schlumberger enhanced processing technique performed on the MAXIS system onboard. While in normal processing short-spacing data is smoothed to match the long-spacing one, in enhanced processing this is reversed. In a situation where there is good contact between the HLDT pad and the borehole wall (low density correction) the results are improved, because the short-spacing have better vertical resolution.

 


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. Invalid density spikes were recorded at 142.5, 147, 154, and 188 mbsf.

      Data recorded through bottom-hole assembly, such as the gamma ray data above 110 mbsf, should be used qualitatively only because of the attenuation on the incoming signal. Invalid gamma ray data were recorded at 96-100 mbsf.

      Hole diameter was recorded by the hydraulic caliper on the HLDT tool (CALI).

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

 

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