Complete laboratory and field research facilities are available in support of the Soil Physics program. Laboratory facilities include four complete column leaching systems with vacuum chambers, multichannel low flow syringe pumps, vacuum regulators, and fraction collectors. Three circulating water baths allow precise temperature control over soil columns used in transport experiments, including ability to program temperature fluctuations. This will be used in our research at Yellowstone Park as well as other projects.
Complete facilities are in place for stepwise desorption of intact soil columns.
Ion chromatography, HPLC-radioisotope detector, spectrophotometer, autoanalyzer, and liquid scintillation facilities are available in Dr. Inskeep's adjacent soil chemistry laboratory. Several additional desktop and notebook computers are used for instrument control and automated data acquisition. These facilities were recently expanded and augmented by construction of the new Agricultural Biosciences facility, completed in mid-1999. Field research facilities include the surrounding Greater Yellowstone Region, Northern Rocky Mountains, and Northern Great Plains. The 125 ha Post Research Farm is approximately 8 km west of campus.