This week we were collecting transects of cores across Onslow Beach, NC to measure the thickness and carbon content of peat and organic-rich sediment preserved below the island and accreting in the backbarrier. Taylor Bennett, an undergraduate student from Mount Holyoke College, is working with some of these data for her Research Experiences for Undergraduates project. She will be at IMS for a couple of months. Below is a video of the transect of cores she is working with. We collected those data on Monday and had to bushwack our way through that thick Phragmites grass. It was Taylor’s favorite field excursion so far.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/67839220[/vimeo]
