Kind of fuzzy as you know. Richmond pond and possibly Emerald. But this is something that you might want to keep in mind. How bout a new paragraph and a strong topic sentence. Not sure if you need thisit takes up oodles of space and you dont really discuss what you do on the lake.
Dark colors represent gyttja while light-colors represent inorganic terrestrial sediment.
Finally I think you should mention the problems that have arrived with Emerald Lake and the neat twists that Echo Lake is providing. Anders will use a set of techniques to distinguish the inorganic sediment layers from the organic material that dominates the lake sediments. The majority of Anders proposal is well written and succinct, however it is clear that the sections Significance of Research and Preliminary Results and Expected Outcomes need some additional work. The Abstract, Introduction, Research Plan , and Analytical Techniques are clearly written and detailed with evidence, techniques, and previous research proven by others. If Anders can improve the Significance and Preliminary to the level of the other sections than his proposal should have no trouble being accepted by the geology faculty.