2016-03-01 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

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Symbols & Abbreviations                                                                        qd

 Introduction
 These notes summarise abbreviations commonly       Orientation
 used on borehole logs and test pit reports.        The inclination of defects is always measured from
                                                    the perpendicular to the core axis.
 Drilling or Excavation Methods                     h       horizontal
 GC      Core Drilling                             Vv       vertical
 R       Rotary drilling                            sh      sub-horizontal
 SFA _ Spiral flight augers                         sv      sub-vertical
 NMLC_   Diamond core - 52 mm dia
 NQ      Diamond core - 47 mm dia
 HQ      Diamond core - 63 mm dia                   Coating or Infilling Term
 PQ      Diamond core - 81 mm dia                  cln      clean
                                                    co      coating
                                                    he      healed
Water                                               inf     infilled
 >       Water seep                                stn     stained
 Vv      Water level                                ti      tight
                                                    vn      veneer

 Sampling and Testing                               Coating Descriptor
 A       Auger sample                               cn      calcite
 S       Baar sample                                cbs     carbonaceous
 D       Disturbed sample                          cly     clay
 E       Environmental sample                       fe      Tan OXIde
Uso      Undisturbed tube sample (50mm)             ae      manganese
 Ww      Water sample                               sit    silty
 pp      pocket penetrometer (kPa)
 PID     Photo ionisation detector
 Pl      Point load strength Is(50) MPa             Shape
 Ss      Standard Penetration Test                  cn      ere
 V       Shear vane (kPa)                           ir      irregular
                                                   pl       planar
       =                  2                         st      stepped
 Description of Defects in Rock                    ‘ar      undulating
 The abbreviated descriptions of the defects should
 be in the following order: Depth, Type, Orientation,
 Coating, Shape, Roughness and Other.    Drilling
 and handling breaks are not usually included on    Roughness
 the logs.                                         po       polished
                                                    ro      rough
 Defect Type                                       sl       slickensided
 B       Bedding plane                              sm      smooth
 Cs      Clay seam                                 vr       very rough
 Cv      Cleavage
 Cz      Crushed zone
 Ds      Decomposed seam
 F       Fault                                      Other
 J      Joint                                       fg      fragmented
 Lam     lamination                                 bnd     band
Pt      Parting                                    qtz      quartz
 Sz      Sheared Zone
 V       Vein

                                                                                          July 2010

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