Please fill out the following spreadsheet to submit your samples. Once the spreadsheet is filled out, send a copy of the form to bctn@yale.edu. We also request you print the spreadsheet and include a copy of it within the package containing your samples.
Information that is needed for the spreadsheet includes:
- The name of the personal investigator (PI) on the project.
- Location/Site the sample(s) was collected from.
- The ID associated with the sample(s).
- The type of sample(s) submitted. For this column, you will select from a list of options, including plant/wood, charcoal, organic sediment, mollusc, coral, foraminifera, bone, otolith, carbonate sediment, and other.
- Whether the sample(s) was pretreated. This is also a list, which includes the options of: No; Yes – Acidified; Yes – Acid/Base/Acid; Yes – Sediment Homogenized (not recommended); and Yes – Other.
- The minimum and maximum depths from which the sample(s) was collected.
- Type of coring device used and whether or not compaction was assessed. We request compaction has been assessed in field when the cores are collected.
- Whether the samples were dried and what drying method was used. The options for this are: No, Yes – Freeze Dried, and Yes – Oven Dried. If the samples were oven dried, please include the drying temperature.
- Sample weight in mg.
- % OC of the sample(s) if this data was collected.
- Age estimate of the sample(s). Choose one of the following from the list: > Modern (1950); 0-10,000; 10,000-30,000; >30,000; Unknown.
- Year of sample collection.
- Whether or not there was potential for 14C contamination, which would make the samples appear more modern than what they should be.
- If you answered other to any of the previous lists or if you have any other comments about the sample(s), please include that information in the additional comments column.