Setting the Soil Forensic context:

• 'SoilFit' project Outline & Objectives, Lorna Dawson.
• Investigator Needs and Scientific Solutions: Bridging the Gap, Dave Barclay.
• The answer lies in the soil....not always: considering palynology, Patricia Wiltshire.
• Pettifoggers and Knaves: a personal view, Alan McCrae.

 

Soil Databases, Statistics and Mapping:

• The Scottish Soil database: attributes of potential relevance to forensic application,Willie Towers.
• Current status of soils data relating to England and Wales, Pat Bellamy.
• Soil and Environment: Databases for Northern Ireland, Crawford Jordan.
• What GIS can do for soil forensic approaches, Jonathan Ball.
• Appropriate statistics for use in SoilFit, Mark Brewer.

 

Specialised tecniques:

• Analytical capabilities at the Macaulay, Andy Midwood.
• Characterising vegetation in soil using plant wax biomarkers, Lorna Dawson.
• Microbiological & Molecular techniques in use at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Fiona Moore.
• X-Ray Powder Diffraction, Stephen Hillier.
• Analysis of soil by FTIR, Jean Robertson.
• Scanning electron microscopy and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, Evelyne Delbos.
• Microscopy and energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, Duncan Pirrie/Matt Power.

 

Minutes

• General Meeting Minutes
• IP minutes