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TERMINOLOGY ON BORING LOGS: <br />DRILLING,_SAMPLING AND TESTING <br />A,B,N: <br />A, B, or N size casing or core. <br />AC: <br />At completion of boring. <br />2'„4 cas: <br />21,” and 4" inside diameter casing. <br />CONS: <br />One dimensional consolidation test. <br />DEN: <br />Dry density, pounds/cubic ft. <br />DM: <br />Drilling mud. <br />4,6 FA: <br />4" and 6" diameter flite auger, motor driven. <br />HYD: <br />Hydrometer analysis. (Grain size distribution test.) <br />HA: <br />Hand auger. <br />HSA: <br />3'" inside diameter hollow stem auger. <br />LL: <br />Liquid Limit. <br />MC: <br />Moisture content, percent of dry weight. <br />N: <br />Standard penetration test, penetration resistance, or N <br />value, blows/foot. <br />ORG: <br />Organic content, percent. <br />PAP: <br />Paper plug. <br />PERC: <br />Percolation rate, minutes per inch. <br />PERM: <br />Permeability test. <br />PL: <br />Plastic Limit. <br />qp: <br />Pocket Penetrometer strength, pounds/sq. ft. <br />qc: <br />Static cone bearing pressure, tons/sq. ft. <br />qu: <br />Unconfined compressive strength, pounds/sq. ft. <br />RD: <br />Rotary drilling, using drilling fluid and a cone-type roller <br />bit. <br />REL: <br />In split spoon and thin wall tube sampling, the length <br />of sample recovered, <br />in inches. in rock coring, the length of core recovered <br />as a percentage of <br />the total core run. <br />REV: <br />Revert drilling fluid. <br />SA: <br />Sieve analysis. (Grain size distribution test.) <br />SG: <br />Specific gravity. <br />SS: <br />Standard Split Spoon Sampler. Steel, 1-3/8" inside diameter, <br />2" outside <br />diameter. <br />2, 3 TW: <br />2" and 3" diameter thin wall tube sampler. <br />VS: <br />Vane shear strength, pounds/sq. ft. <br />WASH: <br />Sample recovered from circulating drilling fluid. <br />WAT: <br />Water. <br />WB: <br />Describes whether the sample appears to be waterbea.inq. <br />(See attached <br />sheet for additional information.) <br />WH: <br />Sampler advanced by static weight of drill rod and 140 <br />lb. hammer <br />WR: <br />Sampler advanced by static weight of AW size drill rod. <br />-200: <br />Amount of material finer than 4200 sieve, percent. <br />Water level symbol. (See attached sheet for additional <br />information.) <br />GLOTECNNICAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION <br />5/80 <br />