Gamma Ray

Measures naturally occurring gamma rays.

The three most common isotopes are:
Potassium (K)
Thorium (Th)
Uranium (U)
Principle of Measurement
Measures Total Scintillation Response to Natural Gamma Radiation Emitted by
the Formation
Measures Spectral Scintillation Response of Natural Gamma Ray Emitters (K, U,
Th)
Uses
Shale Volume
Correlation
Well to Well, Open Hole to Cased Hole
Lithology Identification
Combinable with nearly all other Logging Tools
Clay Typing
Uranium-corrected GR Curve
Gamma Ray Tools
Natural and Spectral
CL SH
CL
SH
GR GR
GR GR
V

=
log
Gamma Ray
1.46 MeV
2.62 MeV
1.76 MeV
Potassium, %
2 1 3 4 5 0
0
4
8
12
16
20
T
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r
i
u
m
,

p
p
m
heavy Th
minerals
illite
micas
glauconite
feldspars
potassium evaporites
mixed
layer clays
montmorillonite
28 Th/K = 12
3.5
0.8
0.5
0.6
2
1 10 100
Th/K ratio x 10
4
K-feldspar
glauconite
illite, muscovite
mixed layer clays
(illite-montmorillonite)
kaolinite/chlorite
bauxite
Spectral GR & Clay Types
Gamma Ray
Which Curve is Gamma Ray?
Gamma Ray