Dataset description: AL21_cores

Collection, analysis, and age-dating of sediment cores from coastal wetlands in Oyster Bay, Alabama, 2021.
Version1
Keywordssea-level change, sedimentation, soil chemistry, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, carbon isotope analysis, carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, coastal processes, piston coring, ecological processes, plot sampling, radiometric dating
FormatCSV
Amount<1 MB

Contacts

Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2021-034-FAPiston corer
Device similar to gravity corer, but is deployed in a controlled final descent by a trigger (usually a small gravity core). A piston inside the barrel allows for maximum capture of sediment.

Geometries linked to this dataset

MapNameDescription
MapOysterBay_corelocationsLocations of cores in the wetlands of Oyster Bay, Alabama, 2021 that were analyzed and age-dated.