| P number: | P001405 |
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| Old photograph number: | TS05318 |
| Caption: | This is an early version of the British Geological Survey 6 m. vibrocorer. |
| Description: | The corer is launched from the aft end using the A-frame then lowered to the sea bed in the vertical position. To obtain unconsolidated cores of the sea bed to 2000 m. water depth a vibration method of coring can be employed to push a core barrel 6 m. into the sea bed. There was a need to develop shallow coring devices to obtain information on the nature of the material underlying the sea-bed sediments. Such devices are used in site-investigation work, for example, platform installation or pipe laying. It is being prepared for launch while lying in the horizontal position on the aft deck of a survey vessel during exploration by the Institute of Geological Sciences, offshore Scotland. |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 243.96 KB; 1000 x 650 pixels; 85 x 55 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 172 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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