grab sample

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Noun1.grab sample - a single sample or measurement taken at a specific time or over as short a period as feasible
sample - a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
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One selected grab sample taken from the occurrence assayed 5.52% Cu, 0.188 g/t Au, and 8.5 g/t Ag.
Meanwhile, a grab sample from float assayed 30.1% copper and 595 g/t silver which was close to channel samples.
A sample can be collected manually as a grab sample in the field and transported back to a laboratory for analysis, or with an automatic sampler, retrieved at a later time and analysed in a laboratory.
In 2005 and 2006, 142 grab sample stations and 105 drop video transects were sampled in the nearshore area of the two study areas using a small open-deck speedboat piloted by a community member (Fig.
In the case of studies requiring grab sample processing, limiting identifications to higher taxonomic levels can represent a substantial savings in terms of sample processing times and costs.
MCHD staff visited each system and took a grab sample from the sampling point.
The recently acquired Thelon properties are of particular interest including the Muskox Hill portion of the Northwest Block where prior exploration identified a hematized fracture zone in gneissic basement rocks close to the Thelon uncomformity which assayed an extraordinary 14.68 per cent U308 from one grab sample.
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