Dataset description: HRS1209_CarbonateContent

Bulk organic matter and carbonate content of sediment cores from the Currituck Landslide Complex and upper slope adjacent to Baltimore Canyon collected on USGS Field Activity 2012-007-FA
Version1
Keywordssand deposits, sedimentology, unconsolidated deposits, carbon, Holocene, clay deposits, piston coring, core analysis, geology
Data typesGeology
FormatCSV
Amount<1 MB

Contacts

Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2012-007-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
Mapbulkorganic_2012-007-FACore locations of cores where bulk organic matter and carbonate content was measured from the Currituck Landslide Complex and upper slope adjacent to Baltimore Canyon