Dataset description: HRS1209_GrainSize

Dataset description: HRS1209_GrainSize

Grain-size analyses of sediment cores from the Currituck Landslide Complex and upper slope adjacent to Baltimore Canyon collected on USGS Field Activity 2012-007-FA

Version	1
Keywords	sand deposits, sedimentology, sieve-size analysis, unconsolidated deposits, Holocene, clay deposits, piston coring, core analysis, geology, grain-size analysis
Data types	Geology
Format	CSV
Amount	<1 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/P9H74BAX https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6436e5bed34ee8d4addcb355
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/SB_data_release/DR_P9H74BAX/HRS1209_GrainSize_Metadata.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
2012-007-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	grainsize_2012-007-FA	Locations of cores with grainsize analyses from the Currituck Landslide Complex and upper slope adjacent to Baltimore Canyon