Contents:

PP Lab Working Team

PP Working Group meetings

PP Links

Related Information:

Bridge Deck/Level 6 diagram
(PP Lab Floor Plan)

ODP Technical Note 26
(PP Handbook)

Supervising Scientist: Peter Blum

JOIDES Resolution Physical Properties Lab

Physical Properties Measurement Types

MEASUREMENTSYSTEM TYPE
Core logging
Whole core multisensor track (WC-MST)ODP custom design
• Gamma ray attenuation (WC-GRA) bulk density
GEOTEK
• Magnetic susceptibility (WC-MS)
Bartington MS2C
• Natural gamma radiation (WC-NGR)
ODP custom design
• P-wave velocity logger (WC-PWL)
modified GEOTEK
Split core logger A (to be installed on Leg 179)ODP custom design
• Diffuse color reflectance and colorimetry
Minolta CM-2002
• Magnetic susceptibility (SC-MS)
Bartington MS2E1
• Line-scan color imaging
x
Split core logger B (under construction)ODP custom design
• Gamma ray attenuation (SC-GRA) bulk density
GEOTEK
• P-wave velocity logger (WC-PWL)
GEOTEK
• Resistivity
x
Discrete measurements on whole core or split core
• Thermal conductivity (TC) on whole or split core
TK04 needle probe system
• P-wave velocity on split core
ODP (PWS1, PWS2, PWS3)
• Shear strength on split core
ODP automated vane shear (AVS)
Measurements on extracted core samples
• Moisture and Density (MAD)
Quantachrome pycnometer
• P-wave velocity on rock cubes or cylinders
ODP (PWS3)

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