PALYNOLOGY SLIDES, KEROGEN SLIDES, & VITRINITE REFLECTANCE

Includes: Acidation of sample; Heavy liquid separation (Float); Bottling of residue to be returned to client; Preparation of one (1) kerogen slide

Includes: Acidation of sample; Heavy liquid separation (Float); Storage of residue; Preparation of one (1) kerogen slide; Preparation of two (2) slides (Kerogen & Composite)

Includes: Acid Work (as needed); Heavy Liquid Separation (Float); Dried/Epoxy Mount; Polish

Kerogen Includes: Acidation of sample; Heavy liquid separation (Float) (If requested); Preparation of one (1) kerogen slide
Vitrinite Includes: Acidation of sample (as needed); Heavy Liquid Separation (Float); Dried/Mounted with Epoxy; Polish

PALEONTOLOGICAL SERVICES

Sample Preparation: Storing and Archiving
Samples are dried and bagged in labeled envelopes, then placed in storage boxes.

Sample Preparation: Lithographic Washing

Lithographic Description
Relative quantities of sandstone, shale, carbonate and coal are recorded.

Foraminifera Sample Preparation From Drill Cuttings
Relative quantities of sandstone, shale, carbonate and coal are recorded.

Processing Description:
Lithologic Washing - Lith wash is the removal of drilling muds and/or contaminants with water and soap solution.
Foraminifera - Forams are fossilized acellular or unicellular marine animals having developed some sort of test, of chitin, agglutinated material, or of calcareous or rarely siliceous material secreted by the animal. A geological range stretching from the very earliest Cambrian through to the present day is characterized by varying patterns of evolution. Processing samples for forams is a fast and efficient tool for age dating and correlation.
Calcareous Nannoplankton - Calcareous nannofossils are complexly constructed, skeletal elements. They have been produced chiefly by oceanic plankton. There has been an exponential increase in nannoplankton studies in the last two decades, largely owing to the recognition of usefulness of this group for biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental interpretations. Calcareous nannofossils can be a fast and efficient tool for age dating. No acids, bases or solvents are used in processing. The sample is crushed and mixed with water. A slide is made from the mixture.