Method, handling unit and stand for acquiring a sample from a seabed top layer

摘要

Handling unit equipped to acquire a sample from a seabed top layer by retracting and retrieving a piston corer holding the sample from a seabed, and to remove the sample from the piston corer, wherein the handling unit is a standalone unit arranged for mounting on a vessel and for retrieval of a sample from the piston corer while it remains vertical. The handling unit comprises a container with dimensions and/or lifting points and/or connections as provided on a standard sea freight container. It also comprises a lifting device which is foldable out of and back into a container of the handling unit.

主权项

1. Handling unit equipped to acquire a sample from a seabed top layer by retracting and retrieving a piston corer suspended vertically from a floating vessel holding the sample from a seabed, and to remove the sample from the piston corer while the piston corer remains suspended vertically from the floating vessel, wherein the handling unit is a standalone unit arranged for mounting on the floating vessel and for retrieval of the sample from the piston corer while the piston corer remains suspended vertically from the floating vessel, and wherein the handling unit is provided with a gimbal for suspending the piston corer.