An improved motorized corer and sample processing system for frozen peat

• Main Authors: Shotyk, W., Norenberg, T., Goodsite, M. E. G.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Frozen peat; Arctic; Coring equipment; Tundra; Permafrost; Bathurst Island; Canada; Greenland; Nunavut; permafrost
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/087aada9-4255-4274-9aba-f34d2b430fee; https://doi.org/10.7939/R3FF71

Abstract: An improved corer and associated equipment for obtaining continuous samples of frozen peat are described. We developed the system through laboratory and field trials-on Bathurst Island, Nunavut, Canada in 2000 and Nordvesto, Carey Islands, Greenland, in 2001-as part of efforts to collect c...