THE USE OF THERMAL RESISTIVITY LOGS IN STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION

Geophysics ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Beck

Since it has been found that the heat flow along a borehole rarely deviates more than 20 percent from the mean equilibrium value and that formation thermal resistivities may vary by as much as an order of magnitude, the profile of temperature gradient versus depth is equivalent to a log of thermal resistivity (T-log). In this work high precision temperature measurements in cased boreholes were used which yielded temperature gradients as high as 140°C/km. Using the equivalence between thermal resistivity and temperature gradients, it has been found that the T-logs are characteristic of the formations in which they were measured with a general negative correlation between thermal resistivity and electrical resistivity, except in coal (and perhaps gas) bearing formations. In one instance, the character of the resistivity log was used to conclude that a horizon deduced from the electrical resistivity log had been mispicked by nearly 100 m.

Geophysics ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 1259-1266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poorna C. Pal

The integration of resistivity logs and soundings data, essential for resolving the problems of ambiguity and nonuniqueness ubiquitous in the interpretation of electrical resistivity soundings, is generally difficult because the former contain far more details than can be retrieved from the latter. As logarithmic scaling linearizes the behavior of apparent resistivity values and resistivity transform functions, and as the Walsh functions realistically mimic the resistivity logs, the strategy proposed here is to use the resistivity‐stratigraphy schematized from Walsh‐filtration of logarithmically scaled logs‐profile as input model for sounding interpretation. The efficiency of this strategy is demonstrated here with a practical example from groundwater exploration. The synthetic sounding curve based on 29 layers manually schematized from the observed linearly scaled logs‐profile could be modeled by 8 layers, whereas that computed from 14 layers schematized from sequency‐filteration of the logarithmically scaled logs‐profile closely matched the observed sounding curve from a nearby location.


1971 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
George B. Rybicki

AbstractIt is shown that the time of relaxation by particle encounters of self-gravitating systems in the plane interacting by 1/r2 forces is of the same order of magnitude as the mean orbit time. Therefore such a system does not have a Vlasov limit for large numbers of particles, unless appeal is made to some non-zero thickness of the disk. The relevance of this result to numerical experiments on galactic structure is discussed.


2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1919-1927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung Wo Ong ◽  
Yu Ming Tang

The electrical resistivity ρ of palladium (Pd) films prepared by using magnetron sputtering at different pressures φ ranging from 2 to 15 mTorr showed very different hydrogen (H)-induced response. This reaction is because the mean free path of the particles in vacuum changes substantially with φ, such that the structure of the deposits is altered accordingly. A film prepared at a moderate φ value of 6 mTorr has a moderate strength. After a few hydrogenation-dehydrogenation cycles, some cracks are generated because of the great difference in the specific volumes of the metal and hydride phases. Breathing of the cracks in subsequent switching cycles occurred, which led to the response gain of ρ, defined as the resistivity ratio of the dehydrogenated-to-hydrogenated states during a cycle, to increase to 17. This result demonstrates the attractiveness of using the Pd films in H2 detection application. The H-induced resistive response of the films prepared at other φ values was found to be much smaller.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Jean-Luc Menet

The implantation of wind turbines generally follows a wind potential study which is made using specific numerical tools; the generated expenses are only acceptable for great projects. The purpose of the present paper is to propose a simplified methodology for the evaluation of the wind potential, following three successive steps for the determination of (i) the mean velocity, either directly or by the use of the most occurrence velocity (MOV); (ii) the velocity distribution coming from the single knowledge of the mean velocity by the use of a Rayleigh distribution and a Davenport-Harris law; (iii) an appropriate approximation of the characteristic curve of the turbine, coming from only two technical data. These last two steps allow calculating directly the electric delivered energy for the considered wind turbine. This methodology, called the SWEPT approach, can be easily implemented in a single worksheet. The results returned by the SWEPT tool are of the same order of magnitude than those given by the classical commercial tools. Moreover, everybody, even a “neophyte,” can use this methodology to obtain a first estimation of the wind potential of a site considering a given wind turbine, on the basis of very few general data.


1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (11) ◽  
pp. 1331-1340 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Armstrong ◽  
S. M. Blumenfeld ◽  
C. G. Gray

Extensive measurements of the methane ν3 and ν4 fundamental vibration–rotation bands in CH4–He mixtures and the ν3 band in CH4–He, CH4–N2, and CD4–He mixtures have been carried out in infrared absorption at 295 °K to pressures of 3000 atm. Some profiles of the ν3 band in CH4–Ar mixtures and in pure CH4 have also been obtained. Rotational correlation functions, band moments, and intermolecular mean squared torques have been determined from the ν3 band profiles. Theoretical calculations of the mean squared torque due to anisotropic multipolar, induction and dispersion interactions have been carried out. The theoretical and experimental torques are in order-of-magnitude agreement for the CH4–N2 and CH4–CH4 systems; for CH4–He, CD4–He, and CH4–Ar the theoretical values are two to three orders of magnitude too small to account for the experimental values, indicating that in these cases the dominant contribution to the torques is given by the anisotropic overlap forces.


1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 791-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Sherebrin ◽  
A. C. Burton

The resting potential of single cells in the flexor thigh muscles of rats was measured in an attempt to find a change in the electrical properties of the cell membrane with cold acclimation, in order to identify and relate metabolic changes occurring with non-shivering thermogenesis. The mean resting potential of cells in cold-acclimated rats was found to be slightly but significantly higher than in the controls. A larger temperature gradient with depth was measured in the cold-acclimated animals than in the controls. If the Q10 of resting potential with temperature is as great as 1.16, the higher potential in the cold-acclimated rats may be accounted for by this temperature difference. The resting potential was also found to vary with depth in both groups of rats. This could not be attributed to temperature gradients, and change from red to white muscle cells with depth is thought to be the main factor for the increase of potential with depth.


2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. S. Travkin ◽  
◽  
T. V. Belonenko ◽  

Purpose. The Lofoten Basin is one of the most energetic zones of the World Ocean characterized by high activity of mesoscale eddies. The study is aimed at analyzing different components of general energy in the basin, namely the mean kinetic and vortex kinetic energy calculated using the integral of the volume of available potential and kinetic energy of the Lofoten Vortex, as well as variability of these characteristics. Methods and Results. GLORYS12V1 reanalysis data for the period 2010–2018 were used. The mean kinetic energy and the eddy kinetic one were analyzed; and as for the Lofoten Vortex, its volume available potential and kinetic energy were studied. The mesoscale activity of eddies in winter is higher than in summer. Evolution of the available potential energy and kinetic energy of the Lofoten Vortex up to the 1000 m horizon was studied. It is shown that the vortex available potential energy exceeds the kinetic one by an order of magnitude, and there is a positive trend with the coefficient 0,23⋅1015 J/year. It was found that in the Lofoten Basin, the intermediate layer from 600 to 900 m made the largest contribution to the potential energy, whereas the 0–400 m layer – to kinetic energy. The conversion rates of the mean kinetic energy into the vortex kinetic one and the mean available potential energy into the vortex available potential one (barotropic and baroclinic instability) were analyzed. It is shown that the first type of transformation dominates in summer, while the second one is characterized by its increase in winter. Conclusions. The vertical profile shows that the kinetic energy of eddies in winter is higher than in summer. The available potential energy of a vortex is by an order of magnitude greater than the kinetic energy. An increase in the available potential energy is confirmed by a significant positive trend and by a decrease in the vortex Burger number. The graphs of the barotropic instability conversion rate demonstrate the multidirectional flows in the vortex zone with the dipole structure observed in a winter period, and the tripole one – in summer. The barotropic instability highest intensity is observed in summer. The baroclinic instability is characterized by intensification of the regime in winter that is associated with weakening of stratification in this period owing to winter convection.


1957 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 892-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. K. White ◽  
S. B. Woods

Measurements of the thermal conductivity from 2° to 90 ° K. and electrical conductivity from 2° to 300 ° K. are reported for vanadium, niobium, and hafnium. Although the vanadium and hafnium are not as pure as we might wish, measurements on these metals and on niobium allow a tabulation of the "ideal" electrical resistivity clue to thermal scattering for these elements from 300 ° K. down to about 20 ° K. Ice-point values of the "ideal" electrical resistivity are 18.3 μΩ-cm. for vanadium, 13.5 μΩ-cm. for niobium, and 29.4 μΩ-cm. for hafnium. Values for the "ideal" thermal resistivity of vanadium and niobium are deduced from the experimental results although for vanadium and more particularly for hafnium, higher purity specimens are required before a very reliable study of "ideal" thermal resistivity can be made. For the highly ductile pure niobium, the superconducting transition temperature, as determined from electrical resistance, appears to be close to 9.2 ° K.


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