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OVERCORING [2 records]

Record 1 1985-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
OBS

Tectonic stresses on the boundary of the aegean domain : in situ measurements by overcoring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
OBS

Contraintes tectoniques à la limite du domaine égée; mesures in situ par surcarottage.

Spanish

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Record 2 1978-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Economic Geology
OBS

The act of drilling around a feature with a coring bit; generally used to describe the operation of cutting away the constraint on a small hole in rock by drilling over the small hole with a larger coring bit. By measuring the change in reaction of the walls of the small hole, a measure is obtained of the original constraint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Géologie économique
OBS

L'action de forer autour de quelque chose avec un forêt de carottage; généralement utilisée pour décrire l'opération de la libération d'un petit trou dans la roche en forant du petit trou avec un forêt de carottage plus gros. En mesurant le changement dans la réaction des parois du petit trou, une mesure des contraintes initiales est obtenue.

Spanish

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