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Ecologic Sampler for Soft Sediments
Author(s) -
Prokopovich Nikola P.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1934275
Subject(s) - enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , rod , undercut , geology , environmental science , geotechnical engineering , ecology , materials science , engineering , composite material , biology , telecommunications , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
The sampler consists of an open, rectangular box with a movable, reinforced plastic bottom. It is lowered and advanced into the sediments in an opened condition by pushing with the supporting rods or by its own weight if lowered on a cable. The plastic bottom with a sharp cutting edge is then released to undercut and hold the uppermost 3 to 6 in, of sediments inside the sampler for retrieval. The device was successfully tested in the fall of 1965 and proved to be efficient and easy to operate.