Sample Types
| Sample Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Inorganic Carbon Sample Type | |
| Foraminifera | carbonate shells from planktonic and benthic species |
| Coral | calcium carbonate skeletons |
| Mollusk | bivalve and gastropod shells |
| Otolith | fish ear stones composed of carbonate |
| Marine carbonate | any marine carbonates such as microbialite, ooids, pteropods, halimeda (coralline algae), scelrosponges, echinoids |
| Sediment (inorganic C) | inorganic carbon via acidification from sediments |
| Water DIC | dissolved inorganic carbon from seawater, groundwater, lake, pond or porewater |
| Other | speleothems, and others upon request |
| Organic Carbon (OC) Sample Type | |
| Plant/Wood | plant, tree, seeds, peat, wood, pollen extracts |
| Charcoal | fully or partially charred plant/wood material |
| Sediment OC | marine, terrestrial and lacustrine sediments |
| Compound-specific OC | derived organic compounds; lipids, plant waxes etc. |
| Bone | uncharred bones or antler for collagen extraction |
| Water DOC | dissolved organic carbon |
| Proteinaceous corals | Gorgonian corals, black corals, and some zoanthids in the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria |
| Other | Aerosol POC, black carbon, guano, dung, animal tissue, fish vertebra, hair, insect chitin, textiles |
| Gas Sample Type | |
| Pure CO2 | supplied in glass breakseal tubes |
| Methane gas or in water | pure CH4 gas or methane dissolved in water |
| CO2 or methane in a gas mixture | contact for availability and pricing |
| RPO programmed temperature pyrolysis/oxidation | contact for availability and pricing |
| Other Types | |
| Contamination Check samples | swipe sample analysis |
| Upon request | contact for availability and pricing |
Our laboratory follows the UNESCO convention on trade in antiquities (Hajdas et al.).