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Soil Erosion Research - University of Zambia - Case Study

Description: A SediMeter was deployed in this water reservoir in order to collect data on the timing and amount of sedimentation in the water reservoir. Traditional methods include repeat measurements of the bed level, and taking of sediment cores, but they only allow the measurements of the net change between measurements, and are unable to register what exactly happens, and when it happens. In ...

What are Core Samplers?

A core, in marine research, is a cylindrical section taken from sediments underlying a water body. Core samplers, the instruments used to obtain cores, range from the simple to the complex. The ...

Lightweight Tank Sampling Kit - ON SALE

If it involves sampling, we probably have a kit or tool to get your job done quickly and correctly. Which is why we want to offer you 20% off our aluminum tank sampling kit or anything in the kit! How the aluminum tank sampling kit works: ...

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Standard Set Free-Fall Sediment Corer

The free-fall corer is a sampling tool for fairly undisturbed sampling from the top layer of submerged sediments either or not consolidated. The free-fall corer consists of a frame with strengthening ribs, falling weight and sampler. Using a hoisting unit (davit) on board of a boat the sampler is lowered in free fall. By its own weight and velocity the apparatus penetrates the submerged soil.