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Sediment Sampling

The Department of Geology is well equipped to obtain high-quality sediment samples from a variety of depositional environments including lakes, coastal ocean, caves, and glacial deposits.

Equipment:

  • Inflatable pontoon raft with 4000 lbs of bouyancy and central coring hole.

  • 4 person Zodiac boat and motor with GPS-fathometer.

  • Piston and square-rod corers, casing, and related coring equipment.


Our coring platform, which has 4,000 lbs of buoyancy, central coring hole and A-frame with hand-operated winch returning to shore with a 3.5 m varved sediment core from Lake Telmen, Mongolia.
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