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| Sampling on the Anacostia River,
Washington, D.C. |
Using the Vibra-Core to collect 6 meter
sediment cores |
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Cutting the cores into smaller units at Virginia
Institute of Marine Science |
Sawing the cores in half in preparation for
sub-sampling intervals |
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| Preparing cores for photographing and
sectioning |
Photographing the cores |
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| Deciding what sections to sub-sample |
Sub-sampling cores for subsequent analyses
for metals, PCBs, PAHs and organochlorine pesticides |
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| Thanks to our Academy of Natural Sciences
support staff (Linda Zaoudeh, Matt Wilhelm, Joe Corvo, and Josh Collins) |
Thanks to the crew and captain of the R/V
Bay Eagle (VIMS) |
