Dear Bea,
Thanks for your email, I think that seacoal isn't
really the sort of thing that we are looking for at the moment, more
standard charcoals from terrestrial sediments so far.
Best wishes,
Philippa.
At 16:48 15/12/2005, you wrote:
>I presume that seacoal is NOT what you are looking for?
>
>Bea
>
>On 12/15/05 4:22 AM Philippa Ascough writes:
>
> >Dear all,
> > I am writing to inquire about the availability of
> >charcoal samples for inclusion in a research project in which I am
> >currently involved. We are characterizing aspects of charcoal
> >degradation in natural environments and part of the project includes
> >analysis of charcoal samples that have been in archaeological or
> >natural deposits for extended periods of time. Because a large number
> >of analyses will be done on any one sample, each charcoal sample
> >included in the project needs to be quite large. Ideally we are
> >looking for 50-100g of charcoal from a sample, although I am aware
> >that these sizes are infrequent and smaller amounts may be more
> >realistic. We are interested in charcoals from as wide a range of
> >environments as possible, therefore if anyone knows of suitable
> >samples from which material would be available I would be very
> >interested to hear from them.
> >
> >With best wishes,
> >
> >Philippa Ascough.
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