Advanced Analytical Methods

The soilFIT project is working with a number of soil experts in the following analysis:

• X-Ray Diffraction: Dr Stephen Hillier
• Automated SEM-EDS (QEMSCAN): Dr Duncan Pirrie and Dr Matt Powers
• Fourier Transform Infra-Red Spectroscopy: Dr Jean Robertson
• Plant wax compounds (n-alkanes, fatty alcohols): Dr Bob Mayes
• Palynology (organic particles 5-500 mm, including plant and fungal spores): Dr Patricia Wiltshire
• Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (TRFLP): Dr Brajesh Singh
• Colour Spectroscopy