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Table B3.2-1: Technical specifications of <strong>the</strong> GEOTEK MSCL14<br />

P-wave velocity and core diameter<br />

Plate-transducer diameter:<br />

4 cm<br />

Transmitter pulse frequency:<br />

500 kHz<br />

Pulse repetition rate:<br />

1 kHz<br />

Received pulse resolution:<br />

50 ns<br />

Gate: 2800<br />

Delay: 10 µs<br />

P-wave travel time offset: 7.49 µs<br />

(SL, 2*2.5 mm liner thickness, measured at 6°C)<br />

Density<br />

Gamma ray source:<br />

Cs-137<br />

Activity:<br />

356 MBq<br />

Energy:<br />

0.662 MeV<br />

Collimator diameter:<br />

5.0 mm (SL)<br />

Gamma detector: Gammasearch2,<br />

Model SD302D, Ser. Nr. 3043 , John Caunt Scientific Ltd., 10 s counting time<br />

Fractional porosity<br />

Mineral grain density = 2.75<br />

water density = 1.026<br />

Magnetic susceptibility<br />

Loop sensor: BARTINGTON MS-2C, Ser. Nr. 208<br />

Loop sensor diameter:<br />

14 cm<br />

Alternating field frequency:<br />

565 Hz,<br />

counting time<br />

10 s<br />

precision<br />

0.1 * 10 -5 (SI)<br />

Magnetic field intensity:<br />

ca. 80 A/m RMS<br />

Krel: 1.56 (SL, 12 cm core-ø), 0.69<br />

Loop sensor correction coefficient: 6.391 (SL) for 10 -6 (SI)<br />

<strong>The</strong>refore, care has to be taken when interpreting absolute numbers of all parameters<br />

measured. Altoge<strong>the</strong>r, 33m of sediment cores have been retrieved. Table B3.2-2<br />

summarizes positions and retrievals for all cores and Figure B3.2-1 shows <strong>the</strong> core<br />

positions at Håkon Mosby.<br />

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