Dataset description: EN577_CarbonContent

Bulk organics and carbonate content of sediment cores from the New England Mud Patch collected on USGS Field Activity 2016-001-FA
Version1
Keywordssand deposits, sedimentology, unconsolidated deposits, carbon, Holocene, clay deposits, gravity coring, piston coring, vibracoring, core analysis, geology
FormatCSV
Amount<1 MB

Contacts

Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2016-001-FAPiston corer
Device similar to gravity corer, but is deployed in a controlled final descent by a trigger (usually a small gravity core). A piston inside the barrel allows for maximum capture of sediment.

Geometries linked to this dataset

MapNameDescription
Map2016-001-FA_corelocations_footprintFootprint of core locations from the New England Mud Patch collected on USGS Field Activity 2016-001-FA