Soil, one of the most essential components crucial to life on earch, is one the
most complicated material. Being a complex mixture of inorganic and organic
solids, liquids and gases, it present numerous challenges to scientists as a
material for analysis. In an age where awareness has elevated soil to the status
of one of the most conserved resources, soil analysis has become a prerequisite
for soil bioremediation projects. The book not only investigates the most
important soil characteristics that impact analysis, but also acts as a broadly
applicable reference to provide environmental scientists the background they
need to analyse soil, interpret finding and develop new analytical