Application of borehole geophysics at an experimental waste storage site

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982 · Geophys. Prospect.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2478.1982.tb01347.x· OSTI ID:5942291

Nelson, P H; Magnusson, K A; Rachiele, R

A suite of electrical, radiation, and mechanical borehole probes were run in a 76-mm diameter borehole drilled to a slant depth of 380 m in leptite and granite. The hole is located in Precambrian bedrock in central Sweden where a site is dedicated to in-situ experiments pertaining to the disposal of radioactive wastes. The challenge to borehole logging methods for such site investigations is to resolve geological features and fluid flow parameters in geological sites which are initially chosen for their homogeneity, low porosity, and minimal fracturing. The Stripa borehole is characterized by high electrical resistivity values in the 20-100 k..cap omega..m range, by acoustic velocities around 5800 m s/sup -1/ (which is close to laboratory values on intact specimens), and by total porosity of around one volume percent. In this context, probe resolution was adequate to produce interpretable information on almost all of the logs. Two principal rock types were encountered in the hole: granite, of quartz monzonitic composition, and leptite. The granite and leptite intercepts are subdivided into units characterized by mafic mineral content, sulfide mineral content, and electrical and radiation properties. Iron-rich zones in the leptite are highly anomalous on the gamma-gamma and neutron logs; thin mafic zones in the granite can also be distinguished. Occurrences of a few percent pyrite are detected by the electrical, gamma-gamma, and neutron logs. Although overall porosity is quite low throughout the hole, analysis of the resistivity and neutron logs indicates the porosity increases by a few volume percent at fracture zones.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Berkeley, California 94720
• OSTI ID: 5942291
• Journal Information: Geophys. Prospect.; (United States), Journal Name: Geophys. Prospect.; (United States) Vol. 30:6; ISSN GPPRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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