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| Sediment Analysis Services | Description | Rate |
| Site Assessment/Study Design | Aiding clients (researchers, landowners, geoarcheologists, etc) design a sampling approach to gather most appropriate data per request. Includes site visits and/or phone consultations | $100/hour |
| Field Sampling | Profile descriptions and sample collection in the field | $60/hour |
| Laboratory Analysis | Sample preparation (disaggregation, #10 Sieve, %>2mm) | $5/ea |
| pH | $5/ea | |
| Munsell color | $3/ea | |
| % Moisture by loss-on-ignition | $5/ea | |
| % Moisture & organic matter by loss-on-ignition | $7/ea | |
| Moisture & organic matter % carbonate by loss-on-ignition | $10/ea | |
| Laser diffraction particle-size analysis | $15/ea | |
| Laser diffraction particle-size analysis with one pretreatment (organic matter, carbonate, or iron oxide) removal | $20/ea | |
| Laser diffraction particle-size analysis with two pretreatments (organic matter, carbonate, or iron oxide) removal | $25/ea | |
| Laser diffraction particle-size analysis with three pretreatments (organic matter, carbonate, or iron oxide) removal | $30/ea | |
| Hydrometer or pipette particle size analysis | $20/ea | |
| Hydrometer or pipette particle size analysis with one pretreatment (organic matter, carbonate or iron oxide) removal | $25/ea | |
| Hydrometer or pipette particle size analysis with two pretreatment (organic matter, carbonate or iron oxide) removal | $30/ea | |
| Hydrometer or pipette particle size analysis with three pretreatment (organic matter, carbonate or iron oxide) removal | $35/ea | |
| Mechanical sieving (5 sieves) | $20/ea | |
| Mechanical sieving (10 sieves) | $35/ea | |
| Report Writing | Preparation of scientific reports, publications, and papers (4 hour minimum) | $100/hour |
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| Tree-Ring Services | Description | Rate |
| Site Assessment/Study Design | Aiding researchers, landowners, forestry consultants, and others design a sampling protocol to gather appropriate data per request. Includes site visits and/or phone consultations | $100/hour |
| Field Sampling | Collecting samples in the field – ex: increment cores, partial cross sections, full cross sections | $60/hour |
| Tree-Ring Sample Preparation | Drying, gluing, sanding, finishing increment cores and cross sections in preparation for dendrochronological dating | $20/hour |
| Crossdating and Chronology Development | Assigning accurate calendar dates to each ring in each sample, measuring ring widths of each sample, and combining them into one indexed time series | $40/hour |
| Statistical Analysis of Ring-Width Data | Analyzing patterns shown by ring-width data relative to questions being asked; ex: tree productivity, stand productivity, climate-tree growth relationships | $100/hour |
| Report Writing | Preparation of scientific reports, publications, and papers (4 hour minimum) | $100/hour |
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| Charcoal Services | Description | Rate |
| Field Sampling | Collecting lake sediment and soil samples in the field | $60/hour |
| Sediment Processing for Pollen | Process sample completely, mount onto microscope slide | $40/hour |
| Pollen Analysis | Identification and totaling of pollen types present in sample. Production of pollen diagram. | $40/ea |
| Sediment Processing for Microscopic Charcoal | Process sample completely, mount onto microscope slide | $40/hour |
| Microscopic Charcoal Analysis | Tallying of microscopic charcoal pieces using the point-count method | $30/ea |
| Sediment and Soil Processing for Macroscopic Charcoal | Disaggregate samples, sieve to achieve specified size ranges, transfer samples, dry samples | $30/hour |
| Macroscopic Charcoal Quantification (Sediments) | Tallying of macroscopic charcoal fragments in each size range. | $20/ea |
| Macroscopic Charcoal Analysis (Sediments) | Production of charcoal diagrams and interpretation | $40/hour |
| Macroscopic Charcoal Quantification (Soils) | Extraction of charcoal from lithic and other organic materials, mass determination | $30/hour |
| Macroscopic Charcoal Analysis (Soils) | Statistical analysis, production of graphical data | $40/hour |
| Charcoal Identification | Taxonomic identification of macroscopic charcoal | $10/ea |
| Report Writing | Preparation of scientific reports, publications, and papers (4 hour minimum) | $75/hour |
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