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Deployment Details
Survey: - FR200108 [details]
Deployment Type: - Sediment Sampling
Station: VG-18
When: 2001-09-16 21:40 UTC
Where: 17° 28.5' S 169° 07.3' E
Maximum Depth (m): 1050
Sediment Sampling details
Device used: Grab - unspecified
| Contents | Top (m) | Base (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Push core 0-2cm. | 0 | 0.02 |
| Push core 2-5cm. | 0.02 | 0.05 |
| Largest rock, 7x5x3 cm, leezegang- weathered/ vesicular volcanic with thin Mn crust. Found on surface of sediment. | ||
| 4 smaller rocks 1-3cm across of similar material buried with sediments. | ||
| Thick on surface of sediments 5x2x4cm dark grey in colour, less weathered vesicular basalt, with thin Mn crust. | ||
| Coral fragments branching, Mn coated, one poked out of the sediment being attached to a 4cm rock similar to 143751. Tiny solitary coral attached to one of them, looks young | ||
| Bulk sediment (small bucket half full) | ||
| Sand elutriated from bulk sediment, (brown to buff) |