| Name |
Type |
Description |
Code value |
| Unknown boring type |
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Unknown type, or type which is not found in the code list |
Unknown boring type |
| Rock control drilling |
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Drilling down to and in bedrock |
Rock control drilling |
| Rotary weight sounding (Penetration of a twisted point into the ground by rotation, where the rod system is loaded by a normative weight of 100 kg.) |
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Sounding with rotation of probe |
Rotary weight sounding (Penetration of a twisted point into the ground by rotation, where the rod system is loaded by a normative weight of 100 kg.) |
| Simple sounding or percussion sounding |
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Sounding without registration of resistance, e.g. flush boring, hammer boring (manual or using a machine), etc. |
Simple sounding or percussion sounding |
| Cut, excavation, sample pit |
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Sample pit/shaft which is dug by an excavator |
Cut, excavation, sample pit |
| Sampling serie |
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The samples taken using drilling equipment auger, sampler, diamond core drill, etc.) |
Sampling serie |
| Shovel blade sampling |
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Drilling with sampling at predetermined intervals, e.g. every metre |
Shovel blade sampling |
| Piezometer |
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Including measurement of ground water level |
Piezometer |
| Bedrock outcrop/exposure |
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Drilling not necessary, rock structure exposed on the surface |
Bedrock outcrop/exposure |
| Piezocone test (CPTU)
Cone penetration test (CPT) Measures tip resistance (qc), Sleeve friction (fs) and pore pressure (u) |
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Registers tip resistance, side friction and pore pressure |
Piezocone test (CPTU)
Cone penetration test (CPT) Measures tip resistance (qc), Sleeve friction (fs) and pore pressure (u) |
| Ram sounding
Rotary pressure sounding (Rod penetrates the ground with a combination of rotation and static pressure.) |
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Mechanical sounding with automatic recording |
Ram sounding
Rotary pressure sounding (Rod penetrates the ground with a combination of rotation and static pressure.) |
| Ram sounding |
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Registers the ramming resistance against penetration |
Ram sounding |
| Total sounding (Conventional rotary pressure combined with rock control drilling) |
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Boring which passes through entire package of soil strata as well as into bedrock |
Total sounding (Conventional rotary pressure combined with rock control drilling) |
| In-situ vane test / apparatus |
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Registers undisturbed and remoulded shear strength |
In-situ vane test / apparatus |
| Gravity corer |
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Sampling tube which is pressed down into sediments by means of gravitation/a weight |
Gravity corer |
| Sampling by vibration |
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Sampling tube which is pressed down into sediments by means of vibration (and gravitation) |
Sampling by vibration |
| Block sampler |
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Sample by means of block sampler (circular, 30 cm in diameter) |
Block sampler |
| BAT-system |
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Sample of pore water and gas |
BAT-system |
| T-BAR (Registers net tip resistance and can also measure total water pressure upon penetration. This instrument is used in soft clayey material) |
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Registers total resistance as probe is pressed down |
T-BAR (Registers net tip resistance and can also measure total water pressure upon penetration. This instrument is used in soft clayey material) |