The need for accurate and undisturbed core samples has led to the development of this new coring method with controlled penetration speed, in order to obtain sediment samples with more accurate outcomes. Read more...
SW-104 is a light corer, 100 Kg maximum, designed with the purpose of recovering cores of clay and bottom water sample. It is ideally suited to marine and lacustrine environments to studies of pollution. Read more...
This is an instrument of great strength and easy to use, suitable for coring a seafloor characterised by sediment with different lithological compositions, even compact or soft cemented. Read more...
This is an instrument intended for the recovery of superficial samples of the seabed which are then held in a metal box. The sample collected is characterized by a low rate of disturbance to the sedimentary structure and includes the bottom water sample. Read more...
The must common grab is the Van Veen, consisting of two contrasting valves, centrally hinged and that lean on the seafloor in an open position. Another kind of grab is the Shipek model, which collects the sample in a semicylindric box, kept open until impact with the seabed. Read more...
This instrument has been utilised since the seventies to tear up and collect rock samples, concretion and calcrete from slope outcroppings. Read more...
