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Borehole logging
Method of recording the physical characteristics of the subsurface as a function of depth by observations during drilling of a well or borehole, studying the resulting core, or by lowering instruments into a drilled hole.
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Borehole temperature logging (1 items)
Electrical resistivity logging (2 items)
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Borehole geophysics as applied to geohydrology [New Window]
Project summary, photos of logging truck, and bibliographies on log interpretation techniques and instrumentation to record geophysical data in wells and test holes for studying ground water hydraulics and evaluate waste disposal sites.
Geothermal industry temperature profiles from the Great Basin [New Window]
Subsurface temperature, well temperature, and well data of geothermal resources in the Great Basin.
Schlumberger soundings at the Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nevada [New Window]
Report presenting the data, automatic interpretations, cross sections, and resistivity maps of direct current electrical soundings at the Amargosa Desert Research Site near Beatty, Nevada using a Schlumberger array.
USGS develops geophysical methods to improve remediation monitoring and site characterization [New Window]
Short news article describing the use of electrical resistivity tomography to improve imaging of tracer flow in ground water.


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