An Inexpensive Method for Vibracoring Sands and Fine-Grained Sediments in Shallow Water

Abstract

This technical note summarizes a coring methodology used in support of a Water Injection Dredging (WID) demonstration on the Upper Mississippi River in July 1992. The WID demonstration was sponsored by the Dredging Research Program (DRP) and was a joint effort involving the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES), the U.S. Army Engineer Districts, St. Paul and Rock Island, and Gulf Coast Trailing Company. This note describes equipment, operational procedures, and capabilities of a vibrating coring system to collect subsurface sediments. The vibrating system was developed by the WES Coastal Engineering Research Center. The method used is a refinement of a coring system developed previously by Finkelstein and Prins (1981). information provided should assist in selecting inexpensive equipment and appropriate guidelines for shallow-water coring applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA365212

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  • Engler

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  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coastal Engineering
  • Demonstrations
  • Dredging
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Engines
  • Extraction
  • Fine Grained Materials
  • Grain Size
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Mississippi River
  • Sediments
  • Shallow Water
  • Teamwork
  • Waterways

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  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
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