Lake coring with a livingstone-type corer

movies show the whole process from setting a core barrel until recovery and wrap-up

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coring-1.jpg coring-2.jpg coring-3.jpg coring-4.jpg coring-5.jpg coring-6.jpg
preparation 7MB setting the piston 5MB hammering down 4MB extracting-a 5.6MB extracting-b 8.5MB extracting-c 4MB
coring-7.jpg coring-8.jpg coring-9.jpg  
core up 4MB shoe sample 4.5MB wrapping up 4.6MB  

These movies were made on lake 'El Junco' on the island San Cristobal, Galapagos
September 2004

contact:  Julian Sachs

coring gear from  www.geo-core.com.

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