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Volume 10, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 1354-0793
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Abstract

A method for correcting log-derived temperatures in deep wells (3500–6500 m) has been developed by comparing log temperatures from the Gulf of Campeche (Mexican Gulf of Mexico) with DST temperatures in the same wells. The equations developed in this study are modified slightly from those of Waples & Mahadir Ramly (2001) , which were calibrated using data from depths <3500 m in Malaysia. The correction depends strongly on time since end of mud circulation () and, to a much lesser degree, on depth. In this study the true subsurface temperature (Celsius) is given by

\[T_{true}=T_{surf}+f{\cdot}\left(T_{meas}{-}T_{surf}\right){-}0.001391\left(Z{-}4498\right)\]
where =1.32866, is the seafloor or land-surface temperature (°C), is the measured log temperature (°C), is in hours and is depth below seafloor in metres. If is unknown, it can be estimated from the trend of with depth.

An estimate of the uncertainty in the corrected temperature is obtained from the equation:

\[{\sigma}=0.10842^{{-}0.029TSC}\]
where is the standard deviation of the correction factor . The uncertainty in the correction factor can be expressed as ±2.

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  • Article Type: Research Article
Keyword(s): log temperatures; temperature correction

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