Paleoecological methods include a variety of laboratory and field techniques. Our lab protocols include:
– Pollen and spore preparation & analysis
– Charcoal preparation & analysis
– Smear slide preparation & analysis
– Phytolith preparation & analysis
– Testate amoebae preparation & analysis
– Whole sediment description
– Sediment chemistry and composition
– Macrofossil and macrocharcoal analysis
We specialize in Charcoal Identification (morphotype) and Photography and Pollen Identification and Photography (see North Woods Pollen Key).
In general, we maintain procedures compatible with those of the:
and
LacCORE National Lacustrine Core Repository
We also archive sediments there, either physically or virtually.