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  2. Ice drilling - Wikipedia

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    Commercially available ice augers for winter fishing, powered by petrol, propane, or battery power, are available for hole diameters from 4.5 in to 10 in. For holes deeper than 2 m a tripod can be used to winch the auger from the hole. A folding brace handle with an offset design is common; this allows both hands to contribute to the torque. [70]

  3. History of ice drilling - Wikipedia

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    Another auger drill was built at the University of Bern shortly after the Rufli drill was tested; the UB-II drill was heavier than the Rufli drill, with a total weight of 350 kg. [note 5] It was used in Greenland in 1975 to drill four cores, at Dye 3 (where the deepest hole, at 94 m, was drilled), South Dome, and on the Hans Tausen Ice Cap. Two ...

  4. Earth auger - Wikipedia

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    A skid-steer loader with an earth auger attachment. Construction drill auger. Hand-powered earth augers are typically used to plant saplings and trees or to set up posts for fences or other ends. [7] Large mechanized earth augers, called drilling rigs, are used to make holes for piles destined to be deep foundations or retaining wall. [citation ...

  5. Ice core - Wikipedia

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    Ice core sample taken from drill. An ice core is a core sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier.Since the ice forms from the incremental buildup of annual layers of snow, lower layers are older than upper ones, and an ice core contains ice formed over a range of years.

  6. Screw-propelled vehicle - Wikipedia

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    A screw-propelled vehicle A screw-propelled vehicle is a land or amphibious vehicle designed to cope with difficult terrain, such as snow, ice, mud, and swamp. Such vehicles are distinguished by being moved by the rotation of one or more auger-like cylinders fitted with a helical flange that engages with the medium through or over which the vehicle is moving. They have been called Archimedes ...

  7. Drill cuttings - Wikipedia

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    Drill cuttings [1] are broken bits of solid material removed from a borehole drilled by rotary, percussion, or auger methods and brought to the surface in the drilling mud. Boreholes drilled in this way include oil or gas wells , water wells , and holes drilled for geotechnical investigations or mineral exploration.