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057E0034.TXT

PL.PUERS  57E

Major F.W. Shotton

34 (I)    British Army Borehole : Boschkant S. of Bornhem

          Sondage à sec. Details from Major F. W. Shotton. R.E.
          Surface height : about 5m. Water rest level 2' down (0.6m)
          Pumping level 4' (1.22m)
          Yield 1000 gals (4.5m3)/Hour
          Final diameter 10" (25cm)

          Water taken by Gauze-wrapped screen, sand-packed;
          between 31 and 52 feet (9.4-15.8m)

          Geological Record                        Feet      mètres

          (ontbreekt) sandy soil                   0- 1     0.00-0.30
1         greenish yellow loamy fine sand          1- 6     0.30-1.83
2         fine green claey sand                    6-17     1.83-5.18
3         Medium greenish sand with a small
          clay content and thin beds of clay      17-31     5.18-9.45
4         Fairly coarse grey quartzose
          sand with rare small flint and
          quartz pebbles                          31-40     9.45-12.20
5*        Peat and lignite                        40-42    12.20-12.81
6*        Fairly coarse grey quartzose sand
          with rare small pebbles, mainly black
          flint, and one sharks touth             42-52    12.81-15.86
7         Medium to fine clayey glauconite sand   52-64    15.86-19.52
8*        Light grey plastic clay                 64-68    19.52-20.74

          Correlation - Quaternary :     0-15.86 mètres. 
                        Asd :        15.86-19.52
                        Asc:         19.52-20.74.

          (Numéros bijgevoegd door R. Legrand 31-III-1949)
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