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DIAGRAPHIE RADIOACTIVITE [2 records]

Record 1 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
  • Geological Prospecting
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A record of the natural or induced radioactive characteristics of subsurface formations.

CONT

The radioactive logs have the advantage that they can be run in cased wells as well as in open holes.

OBS

nuclear log: This term is also used as a synonym of neutron log which is a type of radioactive log.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique
  • Prospection géologique
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Diagramme utilisant les propriétés radioactives des roches [...]

OBS

Les diagrammes de rayon-gamma, gamma-gamma, et neutrons, sont des types particuliers de diagrammes radioactifs.

Key term(s)
  • diagraphie par radio-activité
  • diagraphie de radio-activité

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Geological Prospecting
  • Geophysics
DEF

The recording of the natural or induced radioactive characteristics of subsurface formations.

CONT

Radioactive Logging. These methods make use of natural or induced radioactivity, that is the emission of gamma rays or neutrons, in the formations penetrated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Prospection géologique
  • Géophysique
CONT

[...] les méthodes de diagraphie de radioactivité [...] mesurent la radioactivité soit naturelle, soit provoquée, de terrains dont on peut ainsi déterminer la nature pétrographique par corrélation avec l'étude géologique des déblais de forage.

Spanish

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