The LOG corer – a new device for obtaining short cores in soft lacustrine sediments |
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| Authors: | Christopher M Lane Kathryn H Taffs |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies (IASOS), University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-77, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia;(2) School of Resource Science and Management, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia |
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| Abstract: | A wide variety of scientific disciplines require representative samples of benthic sediment. As a result, a large range of sampling devices have been developed, each best suited to a particular set of conditions. However, all sediment sampling devices have inherent design problems that affect the degree to which samples represent the intact sediment. These issues are summarised, and a new corer design (the LOG corer) is presented and discussed. The LOG corer is a remotely-operated light-weight gravity corer suitable for obtaining relatively undisturbed short sediment cores in soft lacustrine sediments. |
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| Keywords: | coring equipment lakes paleolimnology sediments lacustrine |
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