A sample exercise

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UI researchers collect river sediment to check for PCB presence

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Tim Schoon | 2012.05.25 | 10:06 AM

Brad Reuter looks at a filled core sampling tube

Brad Reuter, who works for IIHR, examines a fresh core sample taken from the Mississippi River. Photos by Tim Schoon.

A team of University of Iowa engineers recently spent a day on the Mississippi River collecting core samples in an effort to learn more about the river. Iowa Now tagged along to take pictures of the process.

The team gathered several core samples from the Mississippi River, so they can look for PCBs. The sample data will be compared to similar cores collected from the Iowa River to see how they compare.

If they find something, this preliminary study could develop into a bigger study. Results from these samples could be in by the end of the summer.

The team is using the facilities at the Lucille A. Carver Mississippi River Environmental Research Station as their base for this study.

Brad Reuter, Doug Schnoebelen, and Andres Martinez on a boat on the Mississippi River.

Brad Reuter, Doug Schnoebelen, and Andres Martinez set up the core sampling rigging on their research boat.

Reuter and Schnoebelen look out from the boat.

Reuter attaches a core sample tube to the sampling apparatus.

Schnoebelen disconnects a full core sampling tube.

Schnoebelen and Martinez discuss the quality of the samples they collected.

Reuter and Martinez at the front of the boat.

Schnoebelen, Reuter, and Martinez on the boat.

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