Talk:Splib

Rock chipper

Apparently, a rock chipper is: "The rock chipper is a heavy weight with 5 sharp edged cylindrical cups, which are filled with wax before each deployment. The rock chipper is deployed vertically from the ship and lowered until it crashes into the seafloor. Upon contact, the sharp edged cups fragment the rocks on the seafloor and the resulting small fragments get embedded in the wax."

See here