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Prices and Analyses

RSIL Price List

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  • Laboratory services are provided for USGS programs and personnel. Laboratory services can be provided to other federal, state, and county agencies if specific requirements are met. Analytical costs will be higher than those listed because USGS overhead must be added.  Contact T. B. Coplen to discuss your needs. Laboratory services cannot be provided to private individuals or companies. Visit links to other stable isotope laboratories on the web.

  • Choose either Direct Sample Submission or NWQL Sample Submission.
    • Direct Submission samples should be submitted with sample information in either the New RSIL Submittal file or the Standard RSIL Submittal file on a floppy disc (or a CD) packed with the samples

    • Samples submitted through the NWQL must include ASR forms, will be billed by NWQL, will receive data from NWQL, and must be sent to the Isotope Laboratory in Reston (not to Denver).

    • Send both NWQL and Direct Submission Samples to: U.S. Geological Survey, Isotope Laboratory, 431 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192
  • Priority service is available if the lab is given advance notice. Turn-around time is 24 to 48 hours for hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios of water. The surcharge is an additional 50%. Please contact Haiping Qi at haipingq@usgs.gov to arrange.


    Direct Price Schedule: If user does not go through NWQL, but instead submits samples directly to RSIL and provides sample information on the downloadable Excel Worksheet

Both H-2/H-1 and O-18/O-16 isotope-ratio analysis of water (>3.5 mL) (Instructions)

Number of samples

Price each

1 - 9

$95

10 - 39

$80

40 - 249

$65

over 250

$50

Plus additional cost for samples < 3.5 mL

$8

11-mL vials with Polyseal caps for small samples (144 ea)

$120

 

Only H-2/H-1 isotope-ratio analysis of water (Instructions)

Number of samples

Price each

1 - 9

$72

10 - 39

$60

40 - 249

$49

over 250

$38

 

Only O-18/O-16 isotope-ratio analysis of water (Instructions)

Number of samples

Price each

1 - 9

$72

10 - 39

$60

40 - 249

$49

over 250

$38

 

Both H-2/H-1 and O-18/O-16 isotope-ratio analysis of pore water in sediments or biological material (toluene extraction method) (Instructions)

Price each

$195

 

N-15/N-14; O-18/O-16 of NO3

N-15/N-14 and O-18/O-16 of NO3 in water(user must provide NO3 concentration accurate to within ±10 percent) (Instructions

Number of samples

Price each

     1 to 5 samples

$300

     6 to 11 samples

$200

     12 to 19 samples

$180

     20 to 39 samples

$170

     40 to 99 samples

$160

N-15/N-14 of dissolved NO3 (user must provide NO3 concentration accurate to within ±10 percent) (Instructions)

 

     1 to 39 samples

$264

     40 to 99 samples

$157

Discontinued (Contact RSIL): N-15/N-14 of NO3 in soil (Instructions)

Discontinued

Discontinued (Contact RSIL): N-15/N-14 and O-18/O-16 of NO3 in soil (Instructions)

Discontinued

 

N-15/N-14 of NH4

Price each

N-15/N-14 of NH4 in water (user must provide NH4 conc) (Instructions)

$244

Discontinued (Contact RSIL): N-15/N-14 of NH4 in soil (Instructions)

Discontinued

 

C-13/C-12 and O-18/O-16 of powdered calcite (Instructions)

Number of samples

Price each

1 - 9

$95

10 or 39

$80

40 or more

$65

 

C-13/C-12 of DIC (sample precipitated as strontium carbonate) (Instructions)

Price each

$113

 

O-18/O-16 of Sulfate or Nitrate salt (AgNO3, NaNO3, KNO3, Ag2SO4 or BaSO4 solid, 99% minimum purity, 5 milligrams minimum)

Price each

$50

 

S-34/S-32 and O-18/O-16 analyses of water

Price each

Dissolved SO4 > 20 mg/L collected in 1 or 2 bottles (Instructions)

$200

Dissolved SO4 < 20 mg/L collected on anion exchange resin (Instructions)

$208

 

S-34/S-32 analyses of water and solids

Price each

Dissolved SO4 > 20 mg/L collected in 1 or 2 bottles (Instructions)

$150

Dissolved SO4 < 20 mg/L collected on anion exchange resin (Instructions)

$158

Dissolved sulfide as pure Ag2S (Instructions)

$60

Sulfate in rock or sediment (Instructions)

$180

Total sulfide in rock (Instructions)

$165

 

Resin cartridge (shipping extra)

$35

 

C-13/C-12; N-15/N-14 of vertebrates, invertebrates, and sediments

Price each

C-13/C-12 and N-15/N-14 , C conc, and N conc of vertebrates (Instructions)

$50

C-13/C-12 and C conc of vertebrates (Instructions)

$40

N-15/N-14 and N conc of vertebrates (Instructions)

$40

C-13/C-12, N-15/N-14, C conc, and N conc of invertebrates, plants and sediments (Instructions)

$70

C-13/C-12 and C conc of invertebrates, plants and sediments (Instructions)

$55

N-15/N-14 and N conc of invertebrates, plants and sediments (Instructions)

$55

 

S-34/S-32 of biologic material (Instructions)

$100

  • NWQL Price Schedule

Lab Code or Schedule

Analysis

NWQL   Price each

489 (Instructions)

O-18/O-16 only of water

$90

1574 (Instructions)

H-2/H-1 only of water

$90

1142 (normal rate)
(Instructions)

H-2/H-1 and O-18/O-16 of water

$113

1172 (bulk rate)
(Instructions)

(40 or more) H-2/H-1 and O-18/O-16 of water

$88

1135 (Instructions)

C-13/C-12 of calcite (includes 1137)

$113

1137 (Instructions)

O-18/O-16 of calcite (included in 1135)

w/1135

1832 (Instructions)

N-15/N-14, C-13/C-12, and N and C conc in solid

$96.78

1947 (Instructions)

S-34/S-32 of total sulfide in rock

$183

1948 (Instructions)

S-34/S-32 of dissolved sulfide as pure Ag2S

$78

1949 (Instructions)

S-34/S-32 of dissolved SO4 < 20 mg/L

$173

1950 (Instructions)

S-34/S-32 of sulfate in rock or sediment

$198

1951 (Instructions)

S-34/S-32 of dissolved SO4 > 20 mg/L

$168

2893 (Instructions)

N-15/N-14 and N conc in solid

$71.78

1832 (Instructions)

N-15/N-14, C-13/C-12, and N and C conc in solid

$96.78

2894 Discontinued (Info)

N-15/N-14 of nitrate in soil (Contact RSIL)

Discontinued

2895 Discontinued (Info)

N-15/N-14 of ammonium in soil (Contact RSIL)

Discontinued

2897 Discontinued (Info)

N-15/N-14 and O-18/O-16 of nitrate in soil (Contact RSIL)

Discontinued

2898 (Instructions)

N-15/N-14 of ammonium dissolved in water

$263.78

2899 (Instructions)

N-15/N-14 of nitrate dissolved in water

$283.78

2900 (Instructions)

N-15/N-14 and O-18/O-16 of nitrate dissolved in water

$331.78

 

  • Shipping Address

To submit either NWQL or RSIL Direct submission samples, send all samples with either ASR forms or a floppy disc (or CD) containing the New RSIL Submittal file or the Standard RSIL Submittal file to:

U.S. Geological Survey
Isotope Laboratory
431
National Center
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
Reston, VA 20192
 

     

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