CONTENTS* 

 Chapter Page 



1. Introduction by L. W. LeRoy 1 



2. Stratigraphic, Structural, and Correlation Considerations 



by L. r. LeRoy 12 



Unconformities by W. Alan Stewart 32 



3. Comments on Sedimentary Rocks by L. W. LeRoy 71 



4. Subsurface Laboratory Methods 84 



Micropaleontologic Analysis by L. W. LeRoy 84 



Calcareous Algae by J. Harlan Johnson 95 



Detrital Mineralogy by Gordon Rittenhouse 116 



Insoluble Residues by H. A. Ireland 140 



Petrofabric Analysis by Warren R. Wagner. 157 



Micro (Petrographic) Analysis by Warren R. Wagner 



and John W. Gabelman 172 



Size Analysis by L. W. LeRoy 184 



Settling Analysis by L. W. LeRoy 193 



Stain Analysis by L. W. LeRoy 193 



Shape Analysis by L. W. LeRoy 199 



Electron-Microscope Analysis by Carl A. Moore 202 



X-Ray Analysis by N. Cyril Schieltz 211 



Multiple-Differential Thermal Analysis by Paul F. Kerr 



and /. L. Kulp 240 



Water Analysis by James G. Crawford 272 



Core Analysis by John G. Caran 295 



Fluoroanalysis in Petroleum Exploration by Jack De Ment 320 



Shale Density Analysis by F. Walker Johnson 329 



5. Subsurface Logging Methods 344 



Sampling and Examination of Well Cuttings by John M. Hills.— 344 



Electric Logging by E. F. Stratton and R. D. Ford 364 



Induction Logging and Its Application to Logging of Wells 



Drilled with Oil-Base Mud by H. G. Doll 393 



The Microlog by H. G. Doll 399 



Radioactivity Well Logging by V. J. Mercier 419 



Caliper and Temperature Logging by Wilfred Tapper 439 



Well Logging by Drilling-Mud and Cuttings Analysis 



by Arthur Langton 449 



Drilling-Time Logging by G. Frederick Shepard 455 



Driller's Logging by L. W. LeRoy 475 



Drilling-Time Logging fey P. B. Nichols 478 



Spectrochemical Sample Logging by L. L. Sloss and 



5. R. B. Cooke 487 



Composite-Cuttings-Analysis Logging by R. J. Gill 495 



6. Miscellaneous Subsurface Methods 504 



' Controlled Directional Drilling by J. B. Murdoch, Jr 504 



Oil-Well Surveying by J. B. Murdoch, Jr 548 



Oriented Cores by Kirk Carlsten 591 



* An index of authors and a subject index are included at the back of this volume. 



