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Mike Bothner: hydraulically damped gravity corer

Detailed Description

The hydraulically damped gravity corer was designed at USGS, Woods Hole, to collect sediment cores up to 50 cm long with minimal disturbance of material at the water-sediment interface. Mike Bothner (yellow hard hat) is overseeing deployment in Massachusetts Bay by the able crew from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter White Heath.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

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