BS ISO 5667-12:2017 provides guidance on the sampling of unconsolidated sediments for the determination of their geological, physical and chemical properties, as well as the determination of biological, microbiological and chemical properties at the water and sediment interface. Guidance on achieving sediment cores is given specifically for the measurement of rates of deposition and detailed strata delineation. The main emphasis of this document is to provide methods that achieve sediment samples.

The environments considered are

• limnic (rivers, streams and lakes, natural and man-made), and
• estuarine, including harbours.

Industrial and sewage works for sludges, paleolimnological sampling and sampling of open ocean sediments are specifically excluded from this document (and are addressed in ISO 5667-15), although some techniques may apply to these situations. Sampling of suspended solids is outside the scope of this document and reference can be made to ISO 5667-17 for such guidance.


Cross References:
ISO 5667-15:2009 Ed 2
ISO 5667-1:2006 Ed 2 (R10) ISO 16665:2014 ED2
ISO 5667-19:2004 Ed 1
ISO 18400-102:2017
EN 14184:2014
EN 16260:2012
ISO 5667-17:2008
EN 13946:2014
ISO 6107-2:2006 Ed 4
ISO 2854
ISO 10870:2012 ED1
ISO 2602


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