Stable Isotope Analysis of Carbonates (δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O)

Turnaround time

• 14 business days

Recommended container

• Ziplock Bags (place in aluminum foil if sample is small or can be crushed during shipment)
• Please send your samples in small boxes instead of envelopes to protect the samples.

• We only provide dual-isotope measurements (d¹³C + d¹⁸O) on carbonates.
  We do not provide single isotope measurements (d¹³C only or d¹⁸O only) on this sample type.

Beta ONLY accepts samples ready for measurement for stable isotope analysis not in conjunction with radiocarbon dating.

Submittal – Please use this online data sheet.

Results – d¹³C (± 0.3 ‰ relative to VPDB), d¹⁸O (± 0.3 ‰ relative to VSMOW)

Stable Isotope Analysis Cost

To provide you with the appropriate prices, please let us know the material type. For formal estimates, please indicate in this form the number of samples per material type and the paying institution’s billing name and address.

Recommended Sample Sizes for d¹³C + d¹⁸O analysis

The following are minimum size recommendations for simultaneous d¹³C + d¹⁸O measurements and may not be sufficient in every instance. Please contact us if you are in doubt about the suitability or weight of your sample.

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Radiocarbon dating carbonates – d¹³C and d¹⁸O measurements are included at no additional cost 

• Corals 
• Forams
• Fish Otoliths 
• Pteropods
• Shells and CaCO₃ 

Isobar Science Services for Carbonates

• Boron Isotope Analysis of shells, corals and other carbonates
• Strontium ratio measurement of pre-extracted forams, shells, corals and other carbonates
• Uranium-Thorium dating of shells, corals and carbonate crust

Isobar Science is a subsidiary of Beta Analytic specializing in complex isotope services for geochronology, geochemical fingerprinting, and environmental source tracking.

Page last updated: September 2022