Thermal Ice Core Drill 4000
| Title | Thermal Ice Core Drill 4000 |
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| Publication Type |
Conference Proceedings
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| Year |
1988
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| Author(s) | Laurent Augustin , Daniel Donnou, Claude Rado, Alain Manouvrier, Claude Girard, Guy Ricou |
| Journal/ Publication |
Ice Core Drilling. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology (eds C. Rado and D. Beaudoing)
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| Pagination |
59-65
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| Abstract |
The "Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement" has developed since 1968 a thermal drill system, which reached 905 meters in depth during the summer season 1977-78 at Dome C (Antarctica). In order to reach deeper layers, we had to modify the system for working in a fluid filled hole. In 1981-82 in Adelie Land two sets of equipment for drilling in a fluid filled hole were tested. The results encouraged us to build a thermal drill with a 4000 m cable and associated winch. In 1984 the L.G.G.E. has conceived and built a core drill ale to take back 8 meters long ice cores in order to reduce operating time. Its implementation has required the use of composite materials. |
| File |
thermal_ice_core_drill_4000.pdf (163.39 KB)
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| Special Collections | International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology Series, 3rd International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology |
| Categories | Deep Drilling, Drill Heads, Thermal Drilling |
| Equipment | Electrothermal (ET/ETED/ATED) Drills |
| Citation | Laurent Augustin , Daniel Donnou, Claude Rado, Alain Manouvrier, Claude Girard, Guy Ricou ( 1988 ) Thermal Ice Core Drill 4000. Ice Core Drilling. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology (eds C. Rado and D. Beaudoing) , 59-65 . |
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