BOSCORF has just taken delivery of a Geotek Single Track Core Imaging System (MSCL-CIS). This will allow routine and rapid acquisition of high-resolution core imagery soon after core splitting before colour changes can occur (e.g. through oxidation) to provide very high-quality archival records. It will provide precise depth-registered images that can be correlated with other datasets or used when describing core; and visiting researchers and students will be able to obtain their own high-quality imagery. Routine photography of the BOSCORF core collection will allow images, as well as metadata, to be listed for BOSCORF cores on the online Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples database, allowing better assessment of their research potential. Core images will also be routinely integrated with other core data into Corewall providing comprehensive high-resolution datasets for research, training and demonstration purposes.
