Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC)
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MagIC Method Codes
Code Method Type IAGA7 URL Description
FS-AT Field Sampling   Sampled with adhesive tape.
FS-C Field Sampling   Coring.
FS-C-BARREL Field Sampling   Coring: Barrel coring.
FS-C-BARREL-X Field Sampling   Coring: Extended barrel coring.
FS-C-BOX Field Sampling   Coring: Box coring.
FS-C-DRILL Field Sampling   Coring: Drilling.
FS-C-DRILL-DSDP Field Sampling   Coring: DSDP drilling.
FS-C-DRILL-IODP Field Sampling   Coring: IODP drilling.
FS-C-DRILL-ODP Field Sampling   Coring: ODP drilling.
FS-C-FREEZE Field Sampling   Coring: Freeze coring.
FS-C-GRAV Field Sampling   Coring: Gravity coring.
FS-C-MULTI Field Sampling   Coring: Multi coring.
FS-C-PISTON Field Sampling   Coring: Piston coring.
FS-C-PISTON-A Field Sampling   Coring: Advanced piston coring.
FS-C-PISTON-H Field Sampling   Coring: Hydraulic piston coring.
FS-C-PUSH Field Sampling   Coring: Push coring.
FS-C-ROT Field Sampling   Coring: Rotary coring.
FS-C-VIBRA Field Sampling   Coring: Vibra coring.
FS-C-WAX Field Sampling   Coring: Wax coring.
FS-D Field Sampling   Dredging.
FS-FD Field Sampling LINK Field drilling using a hand-held portable drill. Collinson 1983.
FS-H Field Sampling LINK Hand sampling. Collinson 1983.
FS-LOC-GIS Field Sampling   Location determination: Digitization of latitude and longitudes using GIS tools.
FS-LOC-GOOGLE Field Sampling   Location determination: Digitization of latitude and longitudes using Google Maps or Earth.
FS-LOC-GPS Field Sampling   Location determination: Latitude and longitude by GPS measurement.
FS-LOC-MAP Field Sampling   Location determination: Digitization of latitude and longitudes from map.
FS-LOC-UTM Field Sampling   Location determination: Latitude and longitude converted from UTM coordinates.
FS-SS-C Field Sampling   Subsampling: Cubed subsample of core.
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