The Soils Laboratory

 

The ESSA-Forêts Soils Laboratory is part of the Soils and Water Management division. The Laboratory brings more accuracy to the field soils observations and description. Though its first goal is to help ESSA-Forêts students in their studies, in order to ensure its self-financement, the Laboratory can perform soils analyses its partners. Therefore, the Laboratory carries out following services:

chemical determination:

  • pH measurement
  • definition of carbon and organic composition
  • bases, exchangeable magnesium and potassium determination
  • assimilable phosphorus, manganese, iron, aluminium and calcium titration

physical determination:

  • structural stability , permeability measurement
  • granulometry
  • water reservation
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