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USGS Coastal Carolina Project 2005 - Cove City

Photos

Location
Two students standing in front of J W S Elementary School116K
JWS Elementary School, 4/22		 Two students standing in front of J W S Elementary School247K
Drill site is located across parking lot from the Craven County Family Literacy Program, 4/22		 Truck pulling two trailers parked in grassy field 68K
Turn off Hwy 70 to Hwy 41, on way to drill site, 4/23
Grassy field in front of dense trees162K
Drill site 'before', 4/24		 Truck pulling two trailers parked in grassy field159K
Truck arrives at drill site, 4/24		 Rob Weems142K
Rob W., project supervisor, 4/24
Setting up the tents118K
Setting up the tent, 4/24		 Setting up the perimeter fence138K
Setting up the perimeter fence, 4/24		 Drill rig, tents, and fence set up162K
Ready to drill, 4/24
Interior of covered tent105K
Staging - Ready to log core samples, 4/25 		Truck, tables, and drill rig set up on site155K
Drill site 'during' - packing up equipment after drilling ended, 5/13		  
Drilling
drill rig equipment145K
Drill rig, 4/25 		Wilma in field, washing core sample109K
Washing core sample, 4/26 		Sample from drilling shoe at bottom of 100 foot run, in case117K
Drilling shoe, 4/27
Sample from drilling shoe at bottom of 100 foot run, holding in hand145K
Drilling shoe sample, 4/27		 David Prowell and Kathleen Farrell examining core148K
David P. and Kathleen F. examining core, 5/4		 David Prowell and Ellen examining core117K
Ellen S. preparing rack for the next core sample, 5/10
David and Gene operating drill159K
David Q. and Gene C. operating drill, 5/10 		118K
Wilma describing core with Rob W., 5/10 		83K
Beth W. preparing for borehole geophysical logging
drill rig equipment close-up130K
 drill rig equipment even closer141K
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Heather H. 		105K
Heather H.
Core Samples
Sample from drilling shoe at bottom of 100 foot run, in case 53K
Sea urchin (Echinoid) fossil in Riverbend Formation, 4/25 		Sample from drilling shoe at bottom of 100 foot run, holding in hand 89K
Run 2 contains confining clay layer; Run 3 contains upper portion of the first confined aquifer, 4/25 		Sample from drilling shoe at bottom of 100 foot run, in case 96K
Run 11 shows top of Castle Hayne Formation, 4/25
Sample from drilling shoe at bottom of 100 foot run, holding in hand 77K
Top 6" of Run 21 shows indurated limestone , 4/26 		Sample from drilling shoe at bottom of 100 foot run, in case 71K
Fossil-rich zone in aquifer below 100 feet , 4/26 		Pyrite nodule within core taken from 387 feet100K
Pyrite nodule found in core from 387 feet, 5/4
Paleosol channel in the core116K
Paleosol within a core sample from the basal unit of the Lower Cretaceous formations, 5/7		 Paleosol channel in the core119K
Paleosol, 5/10 		Core sample with ruler123K
Formation break at 865 feet, 5/10

Cove City - 2006 Photos

Securing the site169K
David securing the site perimeter, 2/28		 Paleosol channel in the core 98K
Ellen assembling the frame for the tent, 3/1 		Core sample with ruler111K
Ellen continuing to assemble the frame for the tent, 3/1
tricone entering hole 62K
Triconing the hole to 870 feet with 3 7/8 inch tri cone, 3/3		 washing core 72K
Jean Self-Trail and student washing core, 3/9		 washing core 56K
More washing of core, 3/9
core from 800 ft126K
Core sample from around 880 feet, 3/9		 core from 910 ft128K
Core sample from around 910 feet, 3/10		 core in core barrel128K
Core in the core barrel, 3/13
cataloging core samples104K
Hard at work, 3/14		 bedrock layer126K
Contact with bedrock, 3/15		 bedrock layer closeup104K
Closeup of bedrock section, 3/15
core at 1066 feet111K
Core sample from around 1066 feet, 3/18		 core at 1066 feet 57K
Core sample from around 1066 feet, 3/18		  

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