The Australian National Groundwater Data Transfer Standard

Drilling

Domain of drilling DESCRIPTION of RESULT entity              
References              
Jackson, J.A. (ed.) 1997, Glossary of Geology, 4th edn., American Geological Institute, Virginia, 769p              
NGC 1998, Review of Data Structures for Core Groundwater Data in Australia, NLP 97/7020 Project Report, National Groundwater Committee Working Group on National Groundwater Data Standards, 345 p.              
Qualifier 1:              
Qualifier 2:              
Note:              
Attribute Code Parent Category Synonyms Description Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2
drilling CAV   caving   rock fragments that fall from the wall of the borehole and are regarded as contaminants of the cuttings at recorded depth    
drilling HEAV   heaving   a rock type that expands into the hole as from swelling clay, removal of overburden or seepage pressure    
drilling   SWEL swelling   a rock type such as a hydrating shale that swells into the hole    
drilling RUN   running   incoherent rock material such as a friable sand that tends to collapse into the hole    
drilling FRM   firm   rock material is relatively stable allowing the advancement of the hole without any lining    
drilling FLO   flowing   rock material that flows into the hole due to water seepage    
drilling RAV   raveling   rock material that drops into hole some time after being exposed    
drilling SQZ   squeezing   rock material that creeps into hole at constant volume    
drilling UNK   unknown   type of drilling description is unknown    

 

 

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