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Field-tested sediment and trace-fossil analysis, bridging academic research and practical answers for industry, government, and university partners. Field-tested sediment and trace-fossil analysis, bridging academic research and practical answers for industry, government, and university partners.

Field-tested sediment and trace-fossil analysis

Bridging academic research and practical answers for industry, government, and university partners.

Field-tested sediment and trace-fossil analysis

Bridging academic research and practical answers for industry, government, and university partners.

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Analytical service lines

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Industries served

We study how sediments form, move, and preserve the activity of living organisms, from modern tidal flats and estuaries to the ancient rock record. That same expertise powers a set of laboratory services for clients who need their sediment, soil, core, and water samples characterized accurately and explained clearly, including clients in mining, agriculture, environmental consulting, engineering, pharmaceuticals, government, and academia, and more.

Analytical Services at a Glance

A snapshot of the lab's core capabilities. Full instrument details and the industries each one supports live on the Lab Instruments page.

Grain Size Analysis

Particle-size distributions by X-ray sedimentation and precision sieving, from clays to gravels.

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Calcium Carbonate Content

Quantitative carbonate measurement for soils, sediments, and geological samples.

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Core Logging

Systematic description and logging of sediment and rock cores, with stratigraphic interpretation.

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Water Quality

Multi-parameter field and lab measurement of pH, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, turbidity and more.

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Ichnological Analysis

Trace-fossil interpretation that turns raw observations into depositional insight.

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Sedimentological Analysis

Facies analysis and sediment characterization to reconstruct depositional environments.

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Recent publication

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Neoichnology and sediment distribution in tidal flats of the mud-dominated mesotidal Mira River estuary (Portugal)

2025 — Shchepetkina, A., Drago, T., Santos, J., Alberto, A., Fatela, F. & Freitas, M.D.C. — Sedimentology
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