The CS-500 provides a small portable coring rig that can be used for either conventional wireline diamond coring or sample collection both on land or on a barge in shallow lake or marine environments. The CS-500 drilled holes for the installation of instrument packages for the CALIPSO project on the island of Montserrat, and for lake sediment collection from Englebright Reservoir in California and three Icelandic lakes.
The system has a coring capability of up to 200 m using either P-size diamond coring or the DOSECC Lake System (DLS) suite of sampling tools. It can collect up to 300 m of HQ-size core. In its lake coring mode, the drill rig can be positioned on a modular barge that is 40 feet by 20 feet wide (GLAD200 System). The drill rig can be transported using a number of different methods including pickup truck, ATVs, helicopter, Cessna 206, or a bunch of really strong guys, allowing it to be deployed at remote drilling locations.
CS-500 coring rig mounted on a barge of opportunity, Iceland
CS-500 as configured on the GLAD200 system, Englebright Reservoir, California (left & below)
Modified CS-500 Coring Rig Brochure as WORD File to download and print.
For more on the DOSECC Lake System see our internal link.
CS-500 on display at the Geological Society of America Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, 2005.
33rd International Geological Congress
6–14 August 2008
Oslo, Norway
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