“…FT-Raman has wide applications and several good reviews detailing the application of this technique to a diverse range of fields are available (Brody et al, 1999a,b;Lewis and Edwards, 2001), including FT-Raman use in soil chemistry (Bertsch and Hunter, 1998;Hayes and Malcolm, 2001;Kizewski et al, 2011). This technique has been adapted to obtain quality data from the soil components: humic and fulvic acids (Yang and Wang, 1997) and clay minerals (Aminzadeh, 1997;Coleyshaw et al, 1994;Frost et al, 2010b;Frost and Palmer, 2011;Frost et al, 1997). However, few studies on more complex samples such as whole soils have been performed (Francioso et al, 1996).…”