CORE SAMPLING

Everything you always wanted to know about core drilling but were afraid to ask

With many aspects of drilling the main aim is to create a hole. However, with core drilling the aim is to extract a sample of material from the hole being drilled. On behalf of GDI, Debbie Darling looks into the options available when drilling for core samples.

 Core drilling is used when geologists need to collect undisturbed samples of soil, rock or other material

Core drilling is used when geologists need to collect undisturbed samples of soil, rock or other material

In many ways, drilling is a complicated, specialist subject; in others, it is a lot simpler. It is after all simply the art of making some sort of hole, in some sort of material, with some sort of tool,...

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