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In a general sense, “percussion ice drilling” refers to the process of drilling boreholes by the percussive destruction of ice. The percussion drills used for ice drilling can be classed as: (1) cable-tool drill rigs, (2) pneumatic drills, and (3) rotary-percussion drills that combine rotary and percussive actions. The last two methods have been used for the shallow ice drilling (<2–2.5 m) of blast holes.
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Talalay, P.G. (2016). Percussion Drills. In: Mechanical Ice Drilling Technology. Springer Geophysics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0560-2_5
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