A simple and robust procedure for coring unconsolidated sediment in shallow water

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 865-872

  Adachi, Hiroshi ^a   Yamano, Hiroya ^b   Miyajima, Toshihiro ^c   Nakaoka, Masahiro ^d  

^a GEOACT   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coring system; sand bar; seagrass bed; tidal flat

Indexed keywords

MARINE SEDIMENT; SANDBAR; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW WATER; TIDAL FLAT; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM;

EID: 78649968696     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-010-0070-4     Document Type: Article

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