“…In particular, the excellent review by Holman (2010) was a key resource in compiling this chapter. However, in a recent review comparing advanced in situ spectroscopic techniques and their applications in environmental biogeochemistry research, it is evident that there is opportunity for more studies in this field using this technique (Lombi et al, 2011). Numerous closely related applications of SR-FTIR can be found in literature: surface and environmental science (Hirschmugl, 2002;Sham and Rivers, 2002); biology and biomedicine (Dumas and Miller, 2003;Dumas et al, 2007); fossils (Foriel et al, 2004); fate and organic contaminants transport of pollutants in plants (Dokken et al, 2005a,b), and location and characterization of contaminants in sediments (Ghosh et al, 2000;Song et al, 2001).…”