The Reston Chlorofluorocarbon Laboratory

Shipping Samples

All samples must be accompanied by a sample submission spreadsheet.

There is no Saturday pickup of samples.

Samples shipped in coolers where the sender wishes to have the cooler shipped back must include a prepaid shipping label charged to the sender's account. Any cooler or container without a prepaid return label will not be returned.

Ship samples for analysis of CFCs, SF6, Dissolved gas N2/Ar, Low-Level VOCs, and SF5CF3, at the Reston USGS labs to:

USGS
Peggy Widman
Mail stop 432 Room 5B353
12201 Sunrise Valley
Reston, VA 20192

Samples for 3H/3He should be shipped directly to the contract lab at Columbia University after tracking information has been received from Reston. Place the channels in the crate with the open side facing up. After the tracking information is in place on the samples, ship them to:

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Dr. Peter Schlosser
Geochemistry bldg, room 74
Route 9W
Palisades, NY 10964