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By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center November 19, 2020

The USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Marine Facility recently acquired this floating coring rig that features a motorized piston coring unit and is capable of collecting 20-meter sediment cores in calm waters.

Photo of a floating coring rig with metal A-frame support structure and platforms to accommodate operators at two levels.
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The rig is perfect for remote locations where the preservation of the sedimentary record is imperative.

Designed by Uwitec of Austria, our modular, floating sediment piston coring rig can collect cores up to 20 meters long from remote lakes, fjords, and estuaries. These are calm environments in which sedimentary units are well-preserved through geologic time, holding records of tsunamis and earthquakes.

Photo of a metal A-frame coring rig in a parking lot.
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The coring rig set up in our wareyard in Santa Cruz.

 

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PCMSC MarFac Field Equipment and Capabilities

Learn about the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility’s vast array of field equipment, sampling devices, and mapping systems, and our capabilities. Our engineers, designers, mechanics, and technicians have also designed and developed some of the specialized field equipment we use in field operations in the nearshore, in the deep sea, and on land.
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
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PCMSC MarFac Field Equipment and Capabilities

Learn about the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility’s vast array of field equipment, sampling devices, and mapping systems, and our capabilities. Our engineers, designers, mechanics, and technicians have also designed and developed some of the specialized field equipment we use in field operations in the nearshore, in the deep sea, and on land.
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PCMSC Marine Facility (MarFac)

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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
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The USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Marine Facility recently acquired this floating coring rig that features a motorized piston coring unit and is capable of collecting 20-meter sediment cores in calm waters.

Photo of a floating coring rig with metal A-frame support structure and platforms to accommodate operators at two levels.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
The rig is perfect for remote locations where the preservation of the sedimentary record is imperative.

Designed by Uwitec of Austria, our modular, floating sediment piston coring rig can collect cores up to 20 meters long from remote lakes, fjords, and estuaries. These are calm environments in which sedimentary units are well-preserved through geologic time, holding records of tsunamis and earthquakes.

Photo of a metal A-frame coring rig in a parking lot.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
The coring rig set up in our wareyard in Santa Cruz.

 

link
Photo looking up at a man wearing safety gear and cold weather clothing holding a big drill with puffy white clouds in the sky.

PCMSC MarFac Field Equipment and Capabilities

Learn about the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility’s vast array of field equipment, sampling devices, and mapping systems, and our capabilities. Our engineers, designers, mechanics, and technicians have also designed and developed some of the specialized field equipment we use in field operations in the nearshore, in the deep sea, and on land.
By
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
link

PCMSC MarFac Field Equipment and Capabilities

Learn about the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility’s vast array of field equipment, sampling devices, and mapping systems, and our capabilities. Our engineers, designers, mechanics, and technicians have also designed and developed some of the specialized field equipment we use in field operations in the nearshore, in the deep sea, and on land.
Learn More
link
A large truck is parked near the wall of a building with a boat on the attached boat trailer.

PCMSC Marine Facility (MarFac)

Learn about the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility, or MarFac
By
Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
link

PCMSC Marine Facility (MarFac)

Learn about the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility, or MarFac
Learn More
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