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	การเทียบสัมพันธ์ลำดับชั้นหิน	การวิเคราะห์หลุมเจาะ (Well Log Analysis)
สาขาวิชา	ธรณีศาสตร์	ธรณีศาสตร์
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1901	1940s
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Albrecht Penck and Eduard Brückner	Guyod and Barnhart
ประเภท	stratigraphic analysis pipeline	subsurface characterization pipeline
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Catuneanu, O. (2002). Sequence Stratigraphy of Clastic Systems. Geological Association of Canada.	Asquith, G. B., & Gibson, C. R. (2004). Basic Well Log Analysis (2nd ed.). American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	lithostratigraphic correlation, chronostratigraphic correlation, sequence correlation	wireline logging, borehole logging, petrophysical analysis
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	5	5
สรุป	Stratigraphic correlation is the practice of identifying equivalent rock layers or chronostratigraphic units across space by tracing physical or chemical signatures. Rooted in 19th-century work on Alpine glacial sequences, this method was formalized in the 20th century by geologists like Vail who unified global sea-level change with depositional sequences. Correlation is foundational to basin-scale understanding of sediment transport, resource distribution, and paleoenvironmental change.	Well log analysis is the systematic examination of measurements recorded by instruments lowered into a borehole to characterize subsurface lithology, fluid content, and petrophysical properties. Originating in the 1940s, this method has become indispensable for petroleum exploration, groundwater assessment, and engineering geology. Well logs provide direct depth-correlated data that anchor interpretation of seismic surveys and constrain reservoir models.