NClip: Short Description

NClip is the successor to Splicer and Sagan, combining the features of each application into a single application.

NClip provides graphic, interactive data analysis products for depth-merging and integrating core and downhole log data.

The application is a C++ system based on wxWidgets. It has two components: Well Compositing (the Spicer-like component), and the Depth-Mapped Composite (the Sagan-like component). It is our objective to combine these two compositing methods into a single application.

Well Compositing

We will allow interactive depth-shifting of multiple holes of core data to build composite sections using an optimized cross-correlation approach. Multiple data types can be compared simultaneously in order to quickly determine the best correlation for all variables.

Supported example applications include:

Simultaneous comparison of multiple data types from multiple holes.
Tying holes together to build a common "composite" depth scale.
Build a continuous sediment section by "splicing" overlapping cores.
Enter and compare stratigraphic data from various holes down the splice.
Output data on the new composite depth scale (mcd) as well as mbsf.
Output a continuous "spliced" records for further analysis.
Tie the downhole spliced record to reference data such as insolation or isotope curves

Producing a Mapped Composite

Sagan has been used to make a mapped composite from the Splicer output. The types of mapping are: depths, time via isotope records, or orbital frequency spectral mapping, etc... Integrated mapping will be an function of NClip.

Some specific example features are:

Compare multiple core data types (in mbsf or mcd space) to downhole log records (log mbsf).
Automatically or manually map core data back to log data to determine original stratigraphic depths.
Accurately estimate the size and position of coring gaps, as well as the accuracy of the composite section.
After mapping core data into the logs, the core data can be saved versus Estimated Log Depth (eld) as well as mcd and mbsf.

For more details, see the design document.

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Bill Kamp