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Sample Types<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Sample Type<\/th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Inorganic Carbon Sample Type<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foraminifera<\/td>carbonate shells from planktonic and benthic species<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coral<\/td>calcium carbonate skeletons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mollusk<\/td>bivalve and gastropod shells<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Otolith<\/td>fish ear stones composed of carbonate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marine carbonate<\/td>any marine carbonates such as microbialite, ooids, pteropods, halimeda (coralline algae), scelrosponges, echinoids<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sediment (inorganic C)<\/td>inorganic carbon via acidification from sediments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Water DIC<\/td>dissolved inorganic carbon from seawater, groundwater, lake, pond or porewater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/td>speleothems, and others upon request<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Organic Carbon (OC) Sample Type<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plant\/Wood<\/td>plant, tree, seeds, peat, wood, pollen extracts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charcoal<\/td>fully or partially charred plant\/wood material<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sediment OC<\/td>marine, terrestrial and lacustrine sediments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Compound-specific OC<\/td>derived organic compounds; lipids, plant waxes etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Water DOC<\/td>dissolved organic carbon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proteinaceous corals<\/td>Gorgonian corals, black corals, and some zoanthids in the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/td>Aerosol POC, black carbon, guano, dung, animal tissue, fish vertebra, hair, insect chitin, textiles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gas Sample Type<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pure CO2<\/sub><\/td>supplied in glass breakseal tubes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Methane gas or in water<\/td>pure CH4<\/sub> gas or methane dissolved in water<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CO2<\/sub> or methane in a gas mixture<\/td>contact<\/a> for availability and pricing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RPO programmed temperature pyrolysis\/oxidation<\/td>contact<\/a> for availability and pricing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Types<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contamination Check samples<\/td>swipe sample analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Upon request<\/td>contact<\/a> for availability and pricing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

See Sample Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n

Our laboratory follows the UNESCO convention on trade in antiquities (Hajdas et al.<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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