ALBERT

Description: An extensive data-set of petrophysical down-hole measurements exists for boreholes drilled into continental crystalline crust. We selected boreholes covering a range of different types of plutonic rocks and gneisses in amphibolite or high-grade metamorphic rocks. According to Serra's concept of electrofacies, a specific set of log responses should characterize one rock type. Here, we concentrate on the detection of compositional variations between rock types. Bulk composition of the protoliths influences the mineralogical composition of the metamorphic rock, and we demonstrate how this impacts on the down-hole measurements. Integration of logging data with geochemical core data and mineralogical descriptions allows the calibration of the log responses to rock types. The relationship of the log responses with core data shows a remarkably good correlation, and diagnostic trends are detected. From the logs, potassium and neutron porosity are particularly helpful in distinguishing different types of gneisses and igneous rocks with respect to their protoliths. The proportions of amphibole/pyroxene, mica + K-feldspar and feldspar + quartz in the rocks seem to control the direction of correlation in a cross-plot, i.e. positive or negative, depending on increasing or decreasing mineral proportions. This is true for all boreholes, and a generalized classification scheme could be developed for these crystalline rocks.