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Environmental Impact - Soil/water effects

Kilroy, B., & Tour, J. (1998). Boulder buster: Breaking rocks without explosives. Missoula, MT: U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Technology and Development Program.

Abstract

Description of a new tool that uses a cartridge resembling a shotgun shell and a column of liquid to generate a high-impulse pressure wave that breaks rocks 2-plus meters in size, with no special training, transport, or storage requirements.

 

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