GEOS 5270 - Principles of Well Drilling and Installation

An introduction to hollow-stem auger drilling and well installation, rotary drilling with mud and air, cable tool drilling, monitoring well design, sample collection and description; cuttings, spit spoon, and Shelby tube, borehole geophysics, and installation and development of wells.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: GEOS 4120 or GEOS 5120.

Credits: 1 hour

Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students. Prerequisites applicable to all 5000-level courses in Geology are junior status or above and 12 or more credit hours of course work in geology, including the specific prerequisite for each course, or consent of instructor.
When Offered: Summer II