Dataset description: EN577_VisualCoreDescriptions

Visual description sheets of sediment cores from the New England Mud Patch collected on USGS Field Activity 2016-001-FA
Version1
Keywordssand deposits, sedimentology, unconsolidated deposits, earth material properties, clay deposits, gravity coring, piston coring, vibracoring, subsampling, core analysis, geology, image collections
FormatPDF
Amount17 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