DIPMETER PROCESSING TECHNIQUE

A process for processing a dipmeter curve is shown in the preferred embodiment. In a curve, line segments are drawn between curve minima, a second set of line segments are drawn between minima in the first segments, and this is repeated to desired number of levels. When finished, line segments are numbered and become a branched tree. This tree is reorganized to form an event tree which is easily coverted into a stored digital value and is processed for correlation with other curves. The events are reduced in number by using area and length criteria. Correlation is limited to a selected range of shift centered on either zero dip or dip from nearby formation information.