If you would like to register multiple samples or other objects at the same time, you submit sample metadata using SESAR’s Batch Registration Forms . Fill as much information as possible about your samples into the appropriate columns of the forms, then send the form to sesar@ciesin.columbia.edu. We will return to you a file that contains the IGSNs assigned to your samples.

Different Batch Registration Forms are available to register different types of objects/samples because metadata differ. The list below shows what form you should use for various types of objects. If the type of sample/object that you would like to register is not listed below or you are not sure which form to use, please contact sesar@ciesin.columbia.edu

• SESAR_BRF_CORES.xls:
  Use for objects sampled by CORING (marine, lacustrine, terrestrial)
  • Drill Holes/Wells
  • Cores
  • Core Sections
  • Core Section Halves
  • Core Samples
     
• SESAR_BRF_DREDGES.xls:
  Use for objects that typically consist of more than one individual specimen collected at the same station
  • Dredges
  • Grabs or similar
    Note! Individual specimens taken from a dredge or a similar object should be registered via the spreadsheet for 'Individual Specimens'
     
• SESAR_BRF_INDIV.xls:
  Use for individual specimens Rock specimens
  • Mineral specimens
  • Fossil specimens
  • Sub-samples such as thin sections
     
• SESAR_STRAT_SECT.xls:
  Use for entire groups of samples that are spatially related. Register the entire section or sequence separately from the individual specimens collected within the section or sequence
  • Stratigraphic Sections
  • Igneous or Metamorphic Sequences
  • Samples from Stratigraphic Sections