In the last few weeks, the PhD students have been busy sampling the cores taken in Dogger Bank, Oyster Ground and the Southern Bight for further analysis.
The first set of samples we took were for malacological analysis (study of molluscs). Half of the working halves of our cores were sampled. These sampled were dried, washed, sieved and dried again. The resulting shell samples will be brought to Leiden, where we will study them with Prof. Dr. Frank Wesselingh.
The other set of samples were taken for microfossil analysis, more specifically diatoms and pollen. These samples will be analyzed by dr. Tom Hill (PERCS) and dr. Michael Grant (University of Southampton), respectively.
