Articles | Volume 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-23-29-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-23-29-2017
Technical development
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30 Nov 2017
Technical development |  | 30 Nov 2017

Design and deployment of autoclave pressure vessels for the portable deep-sea drill rig MeBo (Meeresboden-Bohrgerät)

Thomas Pape, Hans-Jürgen Hohnberg, David Wunsch, Erik Anders, Tim Freudenthal, Katrin Huhn, and Gerhard Bohrmann

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Abegg, F., Hohnberg, H.-J., Pape, T., Bohrmann, G., and Freitag, J.: Development and application of pressure-core-sampling systems for the investigation of gas- and gas-hydrate-bearing sediments, Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I., 55, 1590–1599, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2008.06.006, 2008.
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Pressure coring is currently the only method that enables precise off-site analysis of gas and gas-hydrate volumes in marine sediments. Pressure barrels for sampling and preservation of submarine sediments under in situ pressure with the robotic sea-floor drill rig MeBo (MARUM, Bremen, Germany) were developed. Here we report on the design and operational procedure of the so-called MDP during two seagoing cruises and demonstrate functionality by presenting results from pressure core degassing.