Re: UFO Samples

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

At 19:30 10/18/01 -0600, Jim Green wrote:
> ... the correct procedure for
> > collecting soil/grass/loose dirt samples? How to prepare them, contain
> > them, preserve them? ...
> > The main concern here is introducing contaminants that would give
> > misleading test results.

> ...I would think
> that the biggest concern  would be microbe contamination from the
> scoop.  Also would Ziplock Freezer Bags be a good container?  Or maybe
> Tupperware Containers or the like?  How should the container be prepared?
>
> TX
>
> Jim Green
> mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com
> http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen


This Canadian URL gives a fair insight into sampling in a tidal environment.
250mL sterilised bottles seem to figure prominently.

<http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/ric/pubs/aquatic/freshwaterbio/FreshwaterBio-05.htm>

Trouble with live samples - they don't store gracefully.
The process for land surface samples ought to be similar - though I
seem to recall some process of mixing spatially separated samples
and taking an aliquot.

(I assume the UFOs of interest are the tons of interstellar particles that
rain down daily?)


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>  Altus OK
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