Physical properties measured on 68 sediment cores from METEOR cruise M29/2

A routine shipboard measurement of three physical parameters was carried out on the segmented sediment cores, including the determination of - the compressional (P-) wave velocity vp, - the electric resistivity Rs, and - the magnetic volume susceptibility K. These properties are closely related to the grain size, porosity and lithology of the sediments and provide high-resolution core logs (spacing 1, 2 and 1 cm, respectively) available prior to all other detailed investigations.

In addition, oriented samples for later shore based paleo- and rock magnetic studies were taken at intervals of 10 cm.