In analogue modeling, ground gamma-ray spectrometric data of the Devonian Jaguariaíva, Tibagi, and São Domingos members of the Ponta Grossa Formation (Paraná Basin) allowed for a better understanding of the spatial distribution of lithotypes. Correlations based on gamma-ray values obtained from deep well logging could be improved. Ground values, spaced 50 cm in sandstones and 100 cm in shales, were taken along four sections: Arapoti, Tibagi, Jaguariaíva, and Ponta Grossa. The sections were 30, 250, 12, and 16 meters thickness, respectively. The results show that both ground and deep values reflect the gradual clay enrichment trend noticed along the Arapoti section (transition beds between Furnas and Ponta Grossa formations). Along the Tibagi section (Jaguariaíva Member), total organic carbon values are in direct relation to ground and deep gamma-ray values, and good gamma-ray spectrometric and granulometric correspondence is observed between both deep and ground data along 250 meters of Ponta Grossa Formation outcrops. Along the Jaguariaíva section, clear decrease of intensity is observed in sandy layers, with abruptly lower values at the contacts with basal sandstones of the Itararé Group. Along the Ponta Grossa section, the Tibagi Member, with its notably higher sand-fraction content, shows a gamma-ray signature compatible with the coarsening upward observed in well data. The São Domingos Member, a massive clayey interval of the Ponta Grossa Formation, is characterized by high gamma-ray values in both investigation levels. Ground gamma-ray spectrometry combined with detailed outcropdescriptions and deep source data proved to be useful in the establishment of analogue models for the Ponta Grossa Formation in the Paraná Basin.
ground gamma-ray; gamma-ray well logging; analogue models; Ponta Grossa Formation; Paraná Basin
