Equipment
A selection of equipment and associated accessories commonly used in scientific drilling and coring is described here.
Most of this equipment is available for rental through CSDCO/LacCore, or we can coordinate utilization or purchase through vendors. Contact our staff for details regarding rental, or to discuss other equipment not showcased here.
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| Name | Type | Lithology | Max Water Depth (M) | Max Sediment Depth (M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backpack Drill | Conventional Diamond Coring | Rock | ||
| Bolivia | Direct Push, Piston, Repeat-drive | Fine-grained, Soft Sediment | 30-50 | 17 |
| Canoe | ||||
| Cataraft | ||||
| Ekman Dredge | Grab | Soft Sediment | limited by wire/rope length | 0.2 |
| Freeze Corer | Freeze | Soft Sediment | limited by wire/rope length | 1.5 |
| Freeze Shoe | Rotary Diamond Corer (ALN), Wireline Hyrdaulic Piston Corer (HPC) | Coarse-grained, Fine-grained, Hard Sediment, Soft Sediment, Soil/Regolith | ||
| Griffith/O'Grady Surface Corers | Direct Push, Piston, Surface Coring | Fine-grained, Soft Sediment | 30-50 | 3 |
| Hongve | Gravity | Fine-grained, Soft Sediment | limited by wire/rope length up to ~100m | .3 |
| HTH | Gravity | Fine-grained, Soft Sediment | limited by wire/rope length | 0.5 |
| ICDP Damen Barge (DLDS) | ||||
| ICDP Space Frame | ||||
| Inflatable Boat | ||||
| Inflatable Kayak | ||||
| Innertube | ||||
| Kayak | ||||
| Kullenberg | Gravity, Single-drive, Trigger-release, Wire Deployed | Fine-grained, Soft Sediment | limited by wire length (350m) | 12 |
| Kullenberg (platform) | ||||
| Lake Tools | Extended Shoe Corer (EXN), Rotary Diamond Corer (ALN), Wireline Hyrdaulic Piston Corer (HPC) | Soft Sediment, Soil/Regolith | ||
| Livingstone | Direct Push, Piston, Repeat-drive | Soft Sediment | 30-50 | 30 |
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