Elastic and shear moduli of coal measure rocks derived from basic well logs using fractal statistics.pdfVIP

ARTICLE IN PRESS International Journal of Rock Mechanics Mining Sciences 46 (2009) 1281–1295Contents lists available at ScienceDirectInternational Journal of Rock Mechanics Mining Sciences1365-16 doi:10.1  Tel.: E-mjournal homepage: /locate/ijrmmsElastic and shear moduli of coal measure rocks derived from basic well logs using fractal statistics and radial basis functionsC. O?zgen Karacan  CDC/NIOSH, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, Disaster Prevention and Response Branch, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, PO Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USAa r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 30 September 2008 Received in revised form 20 March 2009 Accepted 7 April 2009 Available online 7 May 2009 Keywords: Geophysical well logs Elastic modulus Shear modulus Fractal statistics Radial basis functions09/$ - see front matter Published by Elsevier 016/j.ijrmms.2009.04.002 +1412386 4008; fax: +1412386 6595. ail address: cok6@a b s t r a c t Gamma ray, density, sonic and core logs obtained from two boreholes drilled over a longwall panel in Southwestern (SW) Pennsylvania were analyzed for formation boundaries, log-derived porosities and densities and for rock elastic properties from sonic transit times. Gamma ray (GR) and density logs (DL) were analyzed using univariate statistical techniques and fractal statistics for similarity and ordering of the log data in depth. A Fourier transformation with low-pass filter was used as a noise elimination (filtering) technique from the original logs. Filtered data was tested using basic univariate and fractal statistics, rescaled range (R/S) and power spectrum (PS) analysis to compare the information characteristics of the filtered logs with the original data. The randomness of log data in depth was analyzed for fractional Gaussian noise (fGn) or fractional Brownian motion (fBm) character. A new prediction technique using radial basis function (RBF) networks was developed to calculate shear and Young’s moduli of the formations when sonic lo