An Improved Motorized Corer and Sample Processing System for Frozen Peat

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Nørnberg, Tommy, Goodsite, Michael E., Shotyk, William
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2004
• Subjects: Arctic; frozen peat; coring equipment; permafrost; tundra; Arctique; tourbe gelée; équipement de carottage; pergélisol; toundra; Bathurst Island; Canada; Greenland; Nordvestø; Nunavut; Arctique*; Groenland; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63561

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 Nordvestø, Carey Islands, Greenland, in 2001 - as part of efforts to collect continu...