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Improved sampling of soft bottom sediments by combined box and piston coring
Author(s) -
BLOMQVIST SVEN,
BOSTRÖM KURT
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
sedimentology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.494
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1365-3091
pISSN - 0037-0746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1987.tb00797.x
Subject(s) - coring , geology , sampling (signal processing) , piston (optics) , geotechnical engineering , petroleum engineering , drilling , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , electrical engineering , optics , filter (signal processing) , wavefront
Field tests demonstrate that sampling of soft bottom sediments can be significantly improved by combined box coring and shipboard sampling using hand‐operated piston coring. A convenient piston equipment devised for such subsampling is presented.