Dataset description: HRS1209_VisualCoreDescriptions

Visual description sheets 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, earth material properties, clay deposits, piston coring, core analysis, geology, image collections
FormatPDF
Amount5 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
Maplocation_visualcoredesc_2012-007-FALocations of cores with visual physical descriptions from the Currituck Landslide Complex and upper slope adjacent to Baltimore Canyon