{"id":2723,"date":"2011-01-22T13:06:48","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T21:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mlmlblog.wordpress.com\/?p=2723"},"modified":"2011-01-22T13:06:48","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T21:06:48","slug":"giant-crane-game-for-sediment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2011\/01\/22\/giant-crane-game-for-sediment\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Crane Game for Sediment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2724\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2010\/12\/img_8401s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2724\" title=\"Point Sur sediment grabber.\" src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2010\/12\/img_8401s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2010\/12\/img_8401s.jpg 3888w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2010\/12\/img_8401s-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2010\/12\/img_8401s-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2010\/12\/img_8401s-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2010\/12\/img_8401s-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crew of the R\/V Point Sur work to get the sediment sampling device ready for redeployment. (photo: S. Gabara)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What does the sediment look like on the bottom of the ocean? \u00a0The easiest way to get a sample is to send a giant sediment sampler (grabber) which is open as it drops to the seafloor, and closes when hits the bottom. \u00a0Then voila, the grabber is filled with sand or gravel from the ocean depths! \u00a0We can get an idea of how these sediments will move by how large or small the particles are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does the sediment look like on the bottom of the ocean? \u00a0The easiest way to get a sample is to send a giant sediment sampler (grabber) which is open as it drops to the seafloor, and closes when hits the bottom. \u00a0Then voila, the grabber is filled with sand or gravel from the ocean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[214],"class_list":["post-2723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-physical-oceanography-lab"],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"MLML Student Life","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}