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CONTENTS 



PREFACE 



PART ONE INTRODUCTION 



1 Training the Petroleum Geologist, John D. Haun 3 



2 The Future of Subsurface Petroleum Exploration, 



A. I. Levorsen 9 



PART TWO ANALYSIS OF WELL CUTTINGS, CORES AND 



FLUIDS 15 



3 Examination of Well Cuttings, Julian W. Low 17 



4 Thin-Section Analysis, Russell B. Travis 59 



5 Insoluble Residues, H. A. Ireland 75 



6 Miscellaneous Petrologic Analyses, John R. Hayes 95 



7 Differential-Thermal Analysis, George B. Mangold-. 1 19 



8 Electron-Microscopic Analysis, Carl A. Moore 141 



9 X-Ray Analysis, N. C. Schieltz 149 



10 Thermoluminescence Analysis, Farrington Daniels__179 

 1 1 Micropaleontological Analysis, 



William S. Hoffmeister 203 



12 Core Analysis, J. G. Crawford 229 



13 Water Analysis, J. F. Sage 251 



PART THREE WELL-LOGGING METHODS AND 



INTERPRETATION 265 



14 Electric Logging, Maurice P. Tixier 267 



1 5 Radioactivity Well Logging, Gilbert Swift and 



Arthur Youmans 329 



16 Caliper and Temperature Logging, Wilfred Tapper _345 



17 Mud and Cuttings Logging, W. H. Russell 357 



18 Drilling Time Logging, G. Frederick Shepherd 367 



19 Dipmeter Surveys, E. F. Stratton and R. G. Hamilton __389 



20 Permeability Surveying Methods, P. E. Fitzgerald and 



S. J. Martinez 395 



21 Continuous Velocity Logging (Acoustical Logging), 



H. R. Breck, S. W. Schoellhorn and R. B. Baum 409 



22 Magnetic Well Logging, R. A. Broding 427 



PART FOUR SUBSURFACE STRATIGRAPHIC AND 



STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION 437 



23 Stratigraphic Correlation, L. W. LeRoy 439 



24 Subsurface Maps and Illustrations, Julian W. Low 453 



25 Stereographic Problems, Hugh McClellan 531 



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