Traditional surface exposure methods,such as trenching and exploratory shaft sinking,have their own limitations and do harm to the environment.Thus,shallow drilling was applied in geological mapping to expose shallow ...Traditional surface exposure methods,such as trenching and exploratory shaft sinking,have their own limitations and do harm to the environment.Thus,shallow drilling was applied in geological mapping to expose shallow orebody and to determine the thickness of top soil layer,and then to illustrate bedrock lithology and geological boundary.It can also help to study geological structures and to reveal the orebody shape,and further to combine with rock core sampling and chemical analysis to develop the systematic method of drilling instead of trenching technology.展开更多
基金financially supported by the China Geological Survey project (grant no.12120114008101,12120113097200 and 12120113090900)
文摘Traditional surface exposure methods,such as trenching and exploratory shaft sinking,have their own limitations and do harm to the environment.Thus,shallow drilling was applied in geological mapping to expose shallow orebody and to determine the thickness of top soil layer,and then to illustrate bedrock lithology and geological boundary.It can also help to study geological structures and to reveal the orebody shape,and further to combine with rock core sampling and chemical analysis to develop the systematic method of drilling instead of trenching technology.
