The measurement of the simple interval transit time, or slowness, of downhole formations has been accomplished by a variety of logging devices. Despite the seeming simplicity of this measurement, which extracts only a part of the information contained in the complex acousticwaveform, a number of innovations were necessary to make valid measurements under a variety of borehole conditions. This chapter starts by examining the techniques prevalent in borehole acoustic logging tools up to the mid-1980s.
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Ellis, D.V., Singer, J.M. (2007). Acoustic Logging Methods. In: Ellis, D.V., Singer, J.M. (eds) Well Logging for Earth Scientists. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4602-5_19
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