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Here are descriptions of some tools, tips, and techniques I use for field and lab work.  Some of them I have worked out myself, and others have been inspired or been learned when working with other experienced folks. Certainly, nothing here is mystical, but it may be helpful, and could certainly save you from straining your back!

• Marsh coring--portable, rapid, and perfect core recovery
   
• Extracting cores from the ground with a mechanical advantage
   
• Freeze coring tips and techniques (nothing yet)
   
• Generating quick bathymetry using a combined GPS/depth sounder (nothing yet)
   
• Soft/unconsolidated sediment sampling and impregnation (nothing yet)
   
• Sediment core photography (nothing yet)
   
• Accurate loss-on-ignition analysis (nothing yet)