Sampling
Type: Seabed sampling
Held By: National Oceanography Centre
Number Held: 0
Contact: nmfops@noc.ac.uk
Corers are used to collect sediment from the ocean floor, they work by pushing or grabbing sediment into containers. Within the National Marine Equipment Pool there are several different types of corer with both tubular and box varities available:
Piston Coring
Gravity Coring
Mega Core
Multi-core
Trawl
Liquid nitrogen generators
Milli Que
Box core
Casten core