Inventors:
Dale Cox - Oklahoma City OK, US
David R. Hall - Provo UT, US
Scott Dahlgren - Alpine UT, US
International Classification:
G01V 1/00
US Classification:
181111, 181121, 181108, 181102, 181112, 367 38, 367 75, 367 35, 367 21, 702 14
Abstract:
A downhole tool for gathering formation data from inside a borehole includes a substantially tubular housing adapted for axial connection to a drill string and multiple sensors coupled to the tubular housing. The sensors include a first pair of sensors aligned along a first axis and adapted to measure a spatial derivative along the first axis, a second pair of sensors aligned along a second axis and adapted to measure a spatial derivative along the second axis, and a third pair of sensors aligned along a third axis and adapted to measure a spatial derivative along the third axis. In selected embodiments, the spatial derivatives are used to differentiate seismic or sonic compression and shear waves measured in a downhole environment.