Infrared Soil Analysis laboratory - Adelaide, South Australia

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Selected significant publications relevant to MIR

Book Chapters | Journal Articles | Patents | Technical and Consulting Reports | Conference Papers

Staff full publications lists:

• Sean Forrester full publications list
• Mike McLaughlin full publications list
• Les Janik full publications list

Book Chapters

“A systematic approach to soil forensics: criminal case studies involving transference from crime scene to forensic evidence”, R.W. Fitzpatrick, M.D. Raven and S.T. Forrester. Chapter 8: Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics. (Eds. K. Ritz, L. Dawson, D. Miller) pp. 105-127. Springer. 2009, Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9203-9 (2009)

Journal Articles

Ehlers, G, Forrester, S.T., Scherr, K., Loibner A.P., and Janik, L.J., "Influence of the nature of soil organic matter on the sorption behaviour of pentadecane as determined by PLS analysis of mid-infrared DRIFT and solid state 13C-NMR spectra"; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 2010, Volume: 158 Issue: 1, pages: 285-291,

Janik, L.J., Forrester, S.T. and Rawson, A. “The prediction of soil chemical and physical properties from mid-infrared spectroscopy and combined partial least-squares regression and neural networks (PLS-NN) analysis”, Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, Volume 97, Issue 2, 15 July 2009, Pages 179-188

Forouzangohar, Mohsen*, Kookana, Rai S., Smernik, Ronald J., Forrester, Sean T., and Chittleborough, David J.  “A Direct Comparison between Visible Near- and Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy for Predicting Diuron Sorption in Soils”, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2009, 43 (11), pp 4049–4055

Kookana, Rai S.*, Janik, Les J., Forouzangohar, Mohsen, and Forrester, Sean T. “Prediction of Atrazine Sorption Coefficients in Soils Using Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy and Partial Least-Squares Analysis “ J. Agric. Food Chem., 2008, Volume: 56   Issue: 9   Pages: 3208-3213

Janik, L. J., Skjemstad, J. O., Shepherd, K. D., and Spouncer, L. R.: (2007). The prediction of soil carbon fractions using mid-infrared-partial least square analysis, Australian J. Soil Res., 45(2) 73–81.

Janik, L. J. Merry, R. H. Forrester, S. T., Lanyon, D. M. and Rawson, A. (2007) Rapid Prediction of Soil Water Retention using Mid Infrared Spectroscopy. Soil Sci Soc Am J., 71:507-514

Bramley R.G.V, and Janik L.J. (2005). Precision agriculture demands a new approach to soil and plant sampling analysis: examples from Australia. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 36 (1-3), 9-22.

Bertrand, I. Janik, L.J. Holloway, R.E. Armstrong, R.D. McLaughlin, M.J. (2002). The rapid assessment of concentrations and solid phase associations of macro- and micronutrients in alkaline soils by mid-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Aust. J. Soil Res. 40/8, pp. 1339-1356.

D'Acqui, L.P.; Churchman, G.J.; Janik, L.J.; Ristori, G.G.; Weissmann, D.A. (1999). Effect of organic matter removal by low-temperature ashing on dispersion of undisturbed aggregates from a tropical crusting soil. Geoderma, 93, Issue: 3-4, December, 311-324

Janik, L.J., Merry R.H. and Skjemstad, J.O. (1998). Can mid infrared diffuse reflectance analysis replace soil extractions? Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 38:7, 681-694.

Janik LJ, Skjemstad JO. (1995). Characterization and analysis of soils using mid-infrared partial least-squares. II. Correlations with some laboratory data. Aust. J. Soil Res 33/4, 637-650.

M. Raupach and L.J. Janik. (1987) J. Polarized Infrared Study of Aniline Vermiculite Intercalate I. Spectra and Models. Colloid and Interface Science 121, No.2, 449-465

Nguyen T.T., Janik L.J., Raupach M. (1991). Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy in soil studies. Aust. J. Soil Res. 29, pp. 49-67.

Patents

"Method of detecting contaminants”, Australian provisional patent, Filed: 25/06/2009

"Method of contaminant prediction”, US provisional patent, Filed: 24/09/2009

"Method of detecting contaminants”, Australian provisional patent, Filed 10/02/2010

Technical and Consulting Reports

Janik, L. J., and Keeling, J. L. (1996). Quantitative determination of halloysite using FT-IR PLS analysis and its application to the characterisation of kaolins from northwestern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Division of Soils Divisonal Report No. 129

Forrester, S.T., Janik, L.J., “Mid-Infrared PLS analysis of the Queensland Archival soil collection, Stage 1, preliminary calibration / validation of subset of soils”, consultancy report for Qld NRS, Department of Natural Resources and Mines. (June 2003)

Forrester, S.T., Janik, L.J., “Mid-Infrared PLS analysis of the Queensland Archival soil collection, Stage 2 , Calibration / validation of large calibration set- final report”, consultancy report for Qld NRS, Department of Natural Resources and Mines.  (August 2004)

Conference Papers

Forrester, S.T., Fitzpatrick, R.W., McLaughlin, M.J., Janik, L.J., ”Mid-Infrared (MIR) spectroscopy: Overview of methods for rapid soil analysis in forensic soil examinations”, 1st International workshop on criminal and environmental soil forensics, (2006)

Fitzpatrick RW, Raven MD, Forrester ST., “A Systematic Approach to Soil Forensics: Criminal Case Studies Involving Transference from Crime Scene to Forensic Evidence”, 2nd International Soil Forensics Conference, Oct 30-Nov 01, 2007 Edinburgh, Scotland.  Published in: Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics, 2009, ISBN: 978-1-4020-9203-9

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