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44Policy revision made June 2001. See Appendix H.1.a. for details.
The following volumes are guidelines, not limits.
| Thin-section billets | 10 cm3 up to 50 cm3 for large-grained plutonic rocks | |
| Alkenone (Uk37) | 5 cm3 | |
| X-ray diffraction | 5 cm3 | |
| X-ray fluorescence | 20 cm3 (sediments), 20-50 cm3 (igneous/sulfides—varies depending on grain size and homogeneity of rock) | |
| Carbonate | 2 cm3 | |
| Paleomagnetism | 7-cm3 cubes, 12-cm3 minicores, 600-cm3 U-channels | |
| Moisture and density | 10-20 cm3 | |
| Grain size | 10-20 cm3, depending upon coarseness | |
| Planktonic foraminifers | 10 cm3 | |
| Benthic foraminifers | 10-20 cm3 | |
| Nannofossils | 2 cm3 | |
| Diatoms | 5-10 cm3 | |
| Radiolarians | 10 cm3 | |
| Palynology | 10-15 cm3 | |
| Organic samples | 20 cm3 | |
| Interstitial porewaters | whole rounds 5-20 cm long, based on water content | |
| Inorganic geochemistry | 10 cm3 | |
| Organic geochemistry | 10 cm3 | |
| Sedimentology | 10-20 cm3 | |
| Slabs (for laminae studies) | 25-50 cm3, depending on slab length | |
| Slabs (large-grained plutonic rocks) | 50-100 cm3, often shared by scientists for multiple analyses | |
| Stable isotopes (C, O) | 10-20 cm3 | |
44Policy revision made June 2001. See Appendix H.1.a. for details.
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