2015: International Year of Soil

Just in case any one had forgotten, we are currently halfway through the International Year of Soil! Here at MBS we love soils (especially Dr Dave Allen) and provide a range of soil-related work including:

Baseline topsoil/soil assessment.
Soil, tailings and waste rock characterisation.
Irrigation trials including treated wastewater reticulation.
Nutrient retention/interception studies.
Acid Sulfate Soil baseline assessment.
Contaminated Site PSI and DSI soil sampling and assessment.
Advice on bioremediation techniques.
Review of rehabilitation success of constructed landforms.
Watercourse, salt lake, port dredge and mudflat sediment sampling.
Hydrocarbon and mineral concentrate spill clean-up and validation sampling.

In celebration of the International Year of Soil here is a photo gallery of MBS staff out on soil expeditions in the field (click photo to view then click to continue through gallery):

Hilary sampling mudflat sediments at Wyndham

Dave A collecting topsoil and subsoil samples at Mt Henry

Lance contemplating during a soils, vegetation and tailings assessment

Hilary sampling as part of an ASS baseline assessment

Karen and James assessing a test pit at Neerigen

James collecting validation samples at Derby Port

Dave A sampling sediments at Lake Hope North

Anton digging holes and labelling sample bags at Nifty

Mike N and Dave A undertaking a PSI in Jandakot

Anton taking notes on the Lake Hope North sediment survey

James breaking his tools of the trade in Geraldton

Dave A shovelling dirt at Mt Gordon, Queensland

Talia and Dave A during a soil and subterranean fauna survey

For more information on the International Year of Soils see SoilsForLife or download the Soil Science Australia International Year of Soil Edition Publication (4,100 KB PDF). For more information on the soil services we provide feel free to contact us on (08) 9226 3166 or email Dr Dave A (dallen(at)mbsenvironmental.com.au) or Dr Mike N (mnorth(at)mbsenvironmental.com.au)