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Kōrero: Sea floor geology

Sea-floor sampling equipment

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Sea-floor sampling equipment

Top: a benthic lander – an instrument that is lowered to the sea floor, where it measures various chemical and biological processes. Bottom: looking a bit like a photographer’s tripod, this multicorer takes core samples of sea-floor sediment.

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NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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Keith Lewis, Scott D. Nodder rāua ko Lionel Carter, Sea floor geology – Exploring the sea bed, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5629/sea-floor-sampling-equipment (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Keith Lewis, Scott D. Nodder rāua ko Lionel Carter, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.