SCOST - Soil Color Optical Screening Tool Brochure

BackgroundDakota Technologies is pleased to announce the availability of our Soil Color Optical Screening Tool (SCOST™), a complimentary module for UVOST® and TarGOST®. This screening tool is an in-situ, percussion advanced instrument and builds off Dakota’s long history of developing rugged optical field tools.Soil color is one of the most important properties used to identifying and classify soil horizons.Soil color is impacted by a number of factors including:Moisture content• Mineralogy• Organic matter• Redox conditions• SCOST™Soil Color Optical Screening ToolDakota Technologies, Inc. Telephone: (701) 237-4908www.dakotatechnologies.comRandy St. Germain, Presidentstgermain@dakotatechnologies.comW (701) 237-4908 • Cell (701) 793-9708Travis Martin, Product Managertmartin@dakotatechnologies.com(701) 237-4908SCOST FeaturesRecords RGB and Munsell color • information with less than one inch data densityProduces a jpeg of color versus depth• Fits inside a UVOST or TarGOST • case, or available as a stand-alone unitCompatible with percussion delivery• Utilizes Dakota’s standard fiber cables • and downhole toolingAll the benefits of in-situ optical • screening, including no investigation derived wasteExample DataIn this case, the client was interested in accurately determining a soil layer transition (seen in this example at 40 feet) across a contaminated site. Dakota’s SCOST system was found to be more reliable and accurate than electrical conductivity and was more cost effective than drilling. Another important benefit was the lack of investigation derived waste, as is the case with all of Dakota’s optical screening tools.