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Record 1 2007-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Geological Prospecting
  • Oceanography
DEF

An ocean-bottom sampler that is a metal or plastic cylinder or box, lowered by cable and driven into the ocean floor by impact of attached weights.

OBS

Currently, sediment samples are obtained by samplers that gather deposits from the top few centimeters and by corers that penetrate the sea floor for centimeters to meters and extract the material for analysis.

OBS

Coring is a technique used to bring sediments from the seafloor up to the surface for analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Prospection géologique
  • Océanographie
DEF

Appareil de prélèvement en épaisseur d'un échantillon de sédiment meuble, ou carotte.

CONT

Les carottiers : ce sont des cylindres rigides et lestés, enfoncés par percussion dans les fonds meubles. On retire une «carotte» de sédiment, conservée dans une gaine en matière plastique («Afcodur»).

OBS

Le carottage est une technique utilisée afin de prélever des sédiments superficiels des fonds marins.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Investigaciones y prospecciones geológicas
  • Prospección geológica
  • Oceanografía
DEF

Todo aparato propio para obtener muestras del suelo más o menos profundas.

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