1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 13083

Dataset description: 08CEV01-SA-pd-1

Planktic foraminiferal flux and percent contribution table
Comments:
FAN is associated with GMT-1. The publication URL provided above is the first instance of GMT-1 data appearing in a publication. Sampling at this sediment trap continued through 2012. The latest data set, which includes data from 2008-2012, can be found here: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1243/

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Location of materials and files

Public fileshttp://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1293/data/OFR2009-1293-table1.xls

Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
08CEV01Sediment Trap
A sediment trap is an instrument widely used in oceanography and marine science to collect and measure particles sinking through the water column toward the seafloor. Sediment traps help scientists study biogeochemical cycles, carbon flux, and sediment transport processes in aquatic environments.