Preparing Samples for Submission

Samples must:

• be dry.
• well identified.
• placed in plastic (or glass) vials or wrapped in aluminum foil or plastic bags (Ziploc type).

Please complete the AMS dating form (PDF) (Word) for each sample submitted. Enclose the customer's data sheet(s) with your samples.

For the customs declaration, you can indicate "Samples for scientific analysis, no commercial value".

You will be contacted by e-mail once your samples have arrived at the laboratory.

Preparing Samples for Submission

The sample preparation procedure is as follows:

1. Contact us for the plastic vials required for counting.
2. Dry your samples.
3. Weigh your samples to an accuracy of 0.1 mg.
4. Compact the sample as much as possible in the vial. Also, if possible, try to have a fairly similar volume (height) in each of the vials.

We also offer encapsulation (preparation) of your samples if you don't want to do it yourself. Before sending them to us, please make sure they are dry and well identified, in plastic vials or Ziploc bags.

To submit samples, please fill in the Pb-210 dating form (PDF) (Word) for each core (not each sample) submitted for analysis, and enclose it with your core samples.

For the customs declaration, you can indicate "Samples for scientific analysis, no commercial value".

You will be contacted by e-mail once your samples have arrived at the laboratory.

RADIOCHRONOLOGY LABORATORY
c/o Guillaume Labrecque
Laval University
Abitibi-Price Building, Room 0248
2405, Rue de la Terrasse
Quebec, QC CANADA
G1V 0A6

Guillaume Labrecque : radiocarbon@cen.ulaval.ca
Telephone : (418) 656-2131 ext. 404486