Soil Analysis 2015-2025

Request

1. The number of soil samples that your force analysed and sent for analysis dated back to 2015, the last 10 years

2. The number of sediment/rock samples that your force analysed and sent for analysis dated back to 2015, the last 10 years

3. What analyses/techniques were used on the sediment, soil and rock samples dated back to 2015, the last 10 years

4. The cost of all above analyses to the force

Clarification
Would you please clarify if the samples you refer to are for force-owned land tests, samples gained via investigations or other.

Clarification Reply
All of the above please. All soil/sediment/rock/please, anything that the force has paid for and done themselved. E.g., how many samples, per year, that have been submitted for soil/sediment/rock analysis, and which analyses they were sent to. We would like to know how much the force pays for this analysis too.

Response

I sourced your request to our Regional Scientific Support Services who have supplied the following information.

Question 1

Nil

Question 2

1 case - 3 sediment samples.

Question 3

Qemscan automated scanning electron microscope, Field scan measurement mode and electron beam for mineralogy and texture. Optical microscopy and polarising light.

Question 4

£2,322.00