In the very near future we plan to begin analyses using a Hewlett-Packard 6890 Series II gas chromatography system equipped with both flame ionization (FID) and flame photometric detectors (FPD) housed in the Biogeochemistry Laboratory of Dr. Emily CoBabe. The installation of an Chiralsil-Val column in tandem with the FID will allow the routine detection of enantiomeric-pairs in mollusks, especially D/L aspartic acid and D/L leucine, commonly used for Quaternary geochronology.