Full list of services
This is an indicative list of our services. Please contact us with your specific requirements if the technique you require is not listed.
Geoarchaeology and Sedimentology
- Quest Geoarchaeological boreholes (up to 12m depth) using peat corers or drilling equipment (Atlas Copco 2-stroke percussion engine)
- Geoarchaeological monitoring and site visits and column, bulk and Kubiena sampling
- Borehole surveying
- Sediment descriptions (Field and Laboratory)
- Organic matter determinations
- Humification analysis
- pH determinations
- Particle size analysis
- Phosphate analysis
- Calcium carbonate analysis
- Magnetic susceptibility analysis
- Porosity
- Grain density
- Dissolved organic carbon
- Cation exchange capacity
- Preparation and analysis of micromorphology slides
- Preparation and analysis of petrographic slides
- GIS analysis (ArcMap, Erdas Imagine)
- Rockworks modelling
Archaeobotany and Zooarchaeology
- Flotation
- Wet sieving
- Rapid assessment of flots and sorting residues
- Rapid assessment of waterlogged samples
- Charcoal assessment and analysis
- Charred plant remains assessment and analysis
- Diatom assessment and analysis
- Foraminifera and Ostracoda assessment and analysis
- Fungal spores assessment and analysis
- Insect assessment and analysis
- Mollusca assessment and analysis
- Parasites assessment and analysis
- Phytolith assessment and analysis
- Pollen assessment and analysis
- Small faunal remains assessment and analysis
- Testate amoebae assessment and analysis
- Waterlogged plant remains assessment and analysis
- Waterlogged wood assessment and analysis
Environmental Science and Geochemistry
- XRD bulk mineralogy (X-Ray Diffraction)
- XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence)
- ICP-OES (inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry)
- ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry)
- GC (Gas Chromatography)
- HPLC (High-performance liquid chromatography)
- GC/MS (Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry)
- GC-C-IRMS (Gas Chromatography - Combustion-Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry)
- Phosphorus (P) determination (Olsen P) sample preparation and analytical run
- Calcium chloride (CaCl2) sample preparation and analytical run
- NH4NO3 analysis
- Inorganic carbon analysis
- Total organic carbon analysis
- Isotopic analysis (210Pb, Pb isotopes, U-series)
- Electron microscopy (SEM, TEM)
- X-ray microanalysis (EDX, WDX)
- Visible light and IR microscopy
- C/N isotopes and O/H isotopes
Geochronology
- Radiocarbon dating (external)
- Tephrochronology
- Dendrochronology
- 210Pb dating
- U-series dating
- Optically stimulated Luminescence (OSL) laboratories
- Thermo luminescence (T-L) dating laboratories
- Oxcal, Bacon chronological modelling
Within the we have a wide range of lab facilities, which subject to student demand, can be made available to clients wishing to run courses, or have access to a particular facility for a limited period of time. In some instances we are also able to provide training/technical support.