Registering Multiple Samples

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. In return, we will send you a file that contains the IGSNs assigned to your samples.

Batch Registration Forms

A number of batch registration forms are available to accommodate metadata associated with different types of objects/samples. 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_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, and for individual specimens sampled from these objects
  • Dredges
  • Grabs (HOV, ROV, AUV) or similar
     
• SESAR_BRF_INDIV.xls:
  Use for individual specimens
  • Rock specimens
  • Mineral specimens
  • Fossil specimens
  • Sub-samples such as mineral separates, thin sections, leachates, etc.
     
• 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

Fill out the metadata and send completed forms back to us at sesar@ciesin.columbia.edu