Dataset description: HRS1209_CoreLocations

Locations of sediment cores from the Currituck Landslide Complex and upper slope adjacent to Baltimore Canyon collected on USGS Field Activity 2012-007-FA
Version1
Keywordssedimentology, unconsolidated deposits, Holocene, clay deposits, piston coring, drilling and coring, geolocation measurement, GPS measurement
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
Mapcorelocations_points_2012-007-FALocations of sediment cores from the Currituck Landslide Complex and upper slope adjacent to Baltimore Canyon
Mapcore_locations_footprint_2012-007-FAGeneralized footprint of core locations from the Currituck Landslide Complex and upper slope adjacent to Baltimore Canyon collected on USGS Field Activity 2012-007-FA