The sampler, incorporating a hydraulic damper and ball closing device, weighs 44 kg and can be used from a launch. It takes cores 15 cm long and 5·7 cm in diameter from sediments varying from hard sand to soft mud. The light superficial layer of the sediment is retained undisturbed.
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J. S. Craib (1965) studied this question.