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doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.340.206.2016

Summary

All piston cores from Expedition 340 were analyzed for fall-in and flow-in coring disturbances. Volcaniclastic material favors formation of coring disturbances in APC coring operations, and a large number of Expedition 340 cores are affected (23%–32% of total recovered core length). The analysis presented here allows careful sample selection within the pristine intervals to avoid unrepresentative samples. Depending on the intensity of the coring disturbance, some types of analyses can still be carried out on part of the interval; however, we recommend extreme caution.