Dataset description: EN577_VisualCoreDescriptions

Dataset description: EN577_VisualCoreDescriptions

Visual description sheets of sediment cores from the New England Mud Patch collected on USGS Field Activity 2016-001-FA

Version	1
Keywords	sand deposits, sedimentology, unconsolidated deposits, earth material properties, clay deposits, gravity coring, piston coring, vibracoring, subsampling, core analysis, geology, image collections
Format	PDF
Amount	17 MB

Contacts

Contact	Jason Chaytor WHSC_data_contact@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ZYK3PX https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/60552e10d34e1894882d0ab5
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/SB_data_release/DR_P9ZYK3PX/EN577_VisualCoreDescriptions_Metadata.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
2016-001-FA	Piston 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

Map	Name	Description
Map	2016-001-FA_corelocations_footprint	Footprint of core locations from the New England Mud Patch collected on USGS Field Activity 2016-001-FA