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exhausting but really fun, and great aerobic exercise; 30 ft. (9.1 m) long metal tubes
about 3.5 inches (9 cm) in diameter were vibrated into the ground, and then pulled
out, full of wet, heavy sediment, using a tripod, come-along, and cable.
Fig. 9.3 The coring team
in the Mississippi Delta
Phragmites wetland,
seeking to establish a
coring site deep within the
marshes. (Image by
K.M. Farrell)
Fig. 9.4 View from a field boat heading into a Mississippi Delta stilt town, with a cargo of 30 ft.
(9.1 m) aluminum core tubes extending beyond the bow of the boat (Image by K.M. Farrell)
K. M. Farrell
exhausting but really fun, and great aerobic exercise; 30 ft. (9.1 m) long metal tubes
about 3.5 inches (9 cm) in diameter were vibrated into the ground, and then pulled
out, full of wet, heavy sediment, using a tripod, come-along, and cable.
Fig. 9.3 The coring team
in the Mississippi Delta
Phragmites wetland,
seeking to establish a
coring site deep within the
marshes. (Image by
K.M. Farrell)
Fig. 9.4 View from a field boat heading into a Mississippi Delta stilt town, with a cargo of 30 ft.
(9.1 m) aluminum core tubes extending beyond the bow of the boat (Image by K.M. Farrell)
K. M. Farrell