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©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Capable of being performed in numerous environments, percussion coring techniques are just as they sound. Similar to push coring (in which the core barrel is pushed into the sediment by hand), in percussion coring, the core is driven into the sediment by a percussion instrument such as a mallet or slide hammer.
Description from: https://web.whoi.edu/coastal-group/about/how-we-work/field-methods/coring/
| Dataset Name | PI-Supplied Description | PI-Supplied Name |
|---|---|---|
| Core Logger Physical Properties for Palau Lakes Sediment Cores collected from small boats from September to October 2013 | Universal Percussion Corer (Aquatic Research Instruments, Hope, Indiana): Hand-operated sediment coring device. | Universal Percussion Corer |