Soil Bureau Scientific Reports

These reports contain detailed and specialised scientific information. They were published from 1971-1983.

No.	Year	Title	Author(s)	Digital resources
1	1972	Planning for irrigation in the South Island, New Zealand.	J.D. Raeside	Report
2	1971	Storage and viewing cabinet for 35 mm slides.	J.D. McCraw and M.J. Vennard	Report
3	1971	The soil factor in eutrophication of inland waters.	A.J. Metson	Report
4	1974	Soils in forensic investigations.	J.D. Raeside	Report
5	1971	Hypomagnesaemic tetany and the chemistry of dietary calcium and magnesium.	L.F. Molloy	Report
6	1971	Macro- and micromorphology of grass mats from three irrigated Australian soils.	B.C. Barratt	Report
7	1973	Mineralogical and chemical data for Taita Experimental Station, New Zealand.	N. Wells and R.J. Furkert	Report
8	1971	Soil studies in South Africa. I. South African Pedology.	M.L. Leamy	Report
9	1973	Soil studies in South Africa. II. The Ficksburg Project.	M.L. Leamy	Report
10	1972	Soil Bureau laboratory methods. A. 1972. Methods for chemical analysis of soils.	L.C. Blakemore, P.L. Searle, B.K. Daly	Report
	1972	B. Determination of some major elements in plant materials (specifically pasture herbage).	A.J. Metson	Report
	1979	C. Methods for physical analysis of soils.	M.W. Gradwell and K.S. Birrell	Report
	1978	D. Methods for mineral and element analysis.	N. Wells and R.E. Smidt	Report
	1973	E. Test methods for soil engineering.	R.F. Thomas	Report
11	1973	The K/Ca Q/I relationship and preferential adsorption sites for potassium.	R. Lee	Report
12	1974	Effects of basement lithology, regolith and slopes on landslide potential, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand.	D.M. Leslie	Report
13	1974	Soils of Pauatahanui area, Wellington, New Zealand.	R.D. Northey	Report
14	1973	Macro- and micromorphology of soils developed in a region of karst topography near Malham, Yorkshire, England.	B.C. Barratt	Report
15	1973	Soils of five small areas in Sulawesi Sulatan and Sumba, Indonesia.	D.W. Ives	Report
16	1974	An improved method of assessing the soil factor in land valuation.	M.L. Leamy	Report
17	1973	Element accessions in rainwater at Taita, New Zealand, 1963-1971.	L.C. Blakemore	Report
18	1974	Laboratory test methods for comparing the structural stabilities of soils under winter grazing.	M.W. Gradwell	Report
19	1974	Climatological data for Taita Experimental Station, NZ, 1957-1972.	R. Aldrige	Report
20	1975	Element distribution in loess columns at Claremont, Table Flat, and Stewarts Claim, New Zealand.	C.W. Childs and P.L. Searle	Report
21	1975	Nematode genera from some New Zealand pastures.	G.W. Yeates	Report
22	1975	Classification of land for irrigation in New Zealand.	E. Griffiths	Report
23	1975	Analysis of foliage from orange orchards in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.	L.C. Blakemore and J.P. Widdowson	Report
24	1975	Element accessions in rainwater, catchment 4, Taita Experimental Station, 1969-1974.	G.G.C. Claridge	Report
25	1976	A survey of peat distribution in an area near Paraparaumu Aerodrome Paraparaumu, New Zealand.	P.R. Barker and N.E. Read	Report
26	1976	Core samplers for fibrous and woody peats.	P.R. Barker and R.F. Thomas	Report
27	1976	Saline soils of the Old Ahuriri Lagoon, Napier, NZ.	B.K. Daly and W.C. Rijkse	Report
28	1976	The accumulation of soil material and nutrients in the Kourarau Dam Lake, Wairarapa, 1923-1973.	B.K. Daly, P.L. Searle, R.F. Thomas and R. Hunter	Report
29	1977	Infiltration through soil as a tertiary treatment of sewage effluent.	C. W. Childs, P .L. Searle and N. Wells	Report
30	1977	The role of soils in the utilisation of sewage sludge in Singapore.	N. Wells	Report
31	1977	Magnesium in New Zealand soils. VI. Magnesium fractions and inter-relationships.	A.J. Metson, E.]. Gibson and R. Lee	Report
32	1978	Climatological data for Taita Experimental Station 1973 to 1976, and 20-year means.	R. Aldridge	Report
33	1978	Analyses of 27 elements in plants grown in a pot trial on soils mixed with Auckland sewage sludge.	J.S. Whitton and N. Wells	Report
34	1978	An interpretation of a section through Quaternary deposits and paleosols at Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula, NZ.	D.M. Leslie	Report
35	1978	Morphological and chemical data for the Westmere silt loam mapping unit.	J.A. Adams and R.H. Wilde	Report
36	1979	Major element analysis of marine sediments from the southwest pacific.	G.P. Glasby, J.L.Hunt, P.C.Rankin & J.H. Darwin	Report
37	1979	Sediments in Pauatahanui Inlet: nutrient status and role in water quality.	A.P.D. Smith and R.H.S. McColl	Report
38	1980	Potassium in New Zealand soils.	A.J. Metson	Report
39	1979	Flow-diagram keys for "Soil Taxonomy".A. Diagnostic horizons and properties: mineral soil	R.F. Thomas, L.C. Blakemore and D.I. Kinloch	Report
		B. Soil moisture and temperature regimes, and diagnostic horizons and properties for organic soils		Report
		C. The key to soil orders		Report
		D. Histosols and Spodosol		Report
		E. Oxisols and Vertisols		Report
		F. Aridisols		Report
		G. Ultisols		Report
		H. Mollisols		Report
40	1979	Areas of soils of North Island, New Zealand.	O.T. Roberts and S.M. Jarman	Report
41	1979	Sulphur in New Zealand soils. 3. Sulphur distribution in soils derived from parent materials of predominantly sedimentary origin.	A.J. Metson	Report
42	1979	Sulphur in NZ soils. 4. Sulphur distribution in soils derived from parent materials of predominantly volcanic origin.	A.J. Metson	Report
43	1980	Analytical data for eleven New Zealand reference soils.	V.A. Vortman	Report
44	1980	Tephra and loess cover deposits on Kaingaroa Plateau, including detailed lithology of Upper Taupo Pumice.	W.A. Pullar	Report
45	1981	Micromorphology of a yellow-grey earth to yellow-brown earth soil sequence on loess in Canterbury, Otago and Southland, New Zealand.	B.C. Barratt	Report
46	1981	Collecting data for osoriine staphylinid beetles in NZ up to 1979.	H.P. McColl	Report
47	1981	Fertility evaluation of some soils in Vava'u, Tonga.	P.B.S. Hart, J.P. Widdowson, and H.O. Fa'anunu	Report
48	1981	The effects of mycorrhizae on the growth of Pinus caribiaea seedings in Tongan soils: preliminary investigations.	J.P. Widdowson and P.B.S. Hart	Report
49	1981	Pencil tensiometers: techniques and methods for construction, installation and operation.	R. Aldridge, F.J. Cook, J.P.C. Watt	Report
50	1981	Neutron probe access tubes: equipment and procedure for installation.	J.P.C. Watt and R.J. Jackson	Report
51	1981	Biology and biochemistry of the soil profile below a kauri (Agathis australis Salisb.) tree.	G.W. Yeates, J.E. Cox, D.J. Ross and J.D. Stout	Report
52	1981	A scuba-diving method for coring fine aquatic sediments.	F.G. Beecroft and D.M. Leslie	Report
53	1985	Trace element analyses of marine sediments from the Southwest Pacific.	G.P. Glasby, J.L. Hunt and R.M. Renner	Report
54	1982	The prediction of soil temperature in NZ and application to the temperature regimes of ''Soil Taxonomy".	R. Aldridge	Report
55	1982	Two soil temperate probes.	R. Aldridge	Report
56	1982	New Zealand Forest Service/Soil Bureau programme of evaluation of NZFS permanent sample plots: soil profiles and chemical data.	A.R. Gibson and W.B. Healy	Report
57	1982	Evaluation of a transient drainage method for measuring movement of water in soils in field situations.	F.J. Cook and J.P.C. Watt	Report
58	1983	Land reclamation after gravel extraction on Ranzau soils, Nelson, NZ.	D.J. McQueen	Report
59	1983	A New Zealand interlaboratory comparison of analytical data for the CSSC reference soils.	P.C. Kennedy, B.P. Roser, J.L. Hunt, B.K. Daly and A.S. Palmer	Report
60	1983	Vertical distribution of nematode populations in Horotiu soils.	G.W. Yeates, R.E. Stannard and G.M. Barker	Report
61	1984	Installation of PVC piping for soil water table observations.	P.L. Singleton	Report
62	1983	Estimation of soil temperatures at 0.1 m and 0.3 m depths.	R. Aldridge & F.J. Cook	Report
63	1984	Climatological data for Taita Experimental Station 1977-1981 and 25-year means.	R. Aldridge	Report
64	1984	Taita catchment studies. Part 1. Raingauges.	R. Aldridge	Report
65	1984	A proposal for Fiji soil and crop evaluation project (Fiji SCEP).	J.A. Silva, P. Gregg, K.P. Haydock, D.M. Leslie, J.P. Widdowson & l.M. Wood	Report
66	1984	Moessbauer spectra and parameters of standard samples. 1. Results of standards examined at NZ Soil Bureau to 31 July 1983.	C.W. Childs and J.C. Baker-Sherman	Report
67	1984	Density of undisturbed soil cores by gamma ray attenuation.	G.J. Schafer, P.R. Barker and R.D. Northey	Report
68	1984	Dry bulk density, natural water content and tip penetration resistance data for four Wairarapa loess cores.	A.S. Palmer and P.R. Barker	Report
69	1985	Soil solutions, minerals and equilibria.	H.J. Percival	Report
70	1985	Calculation methods for density measurements of soil cores by gamma ray attenuation.	G.J. Schafer and P.R. Barker	Report
71	1986	A method of graphical analysis of chemical data from 120 soil profiles from the West Coast, South Island, NZ.	G. Mew, P.L. Searle, E.J. Willoughby and G. Allott	Report
72	1985	Taita Catchment studies. Part 2. Soil Temperatures.	R. Aldridge	Report
73	1985	Recontouring guidelines for Tauranga County.	G.E. Orbell	Report
74	1985	Interpretation of soil morphology for assessing moisture movement and storage.	E. Griffiths	Report
75	1985	NPK fertiliser rates for citrus on Rarotonga, Cook Islands.	L.J. Hume, W.B. Healy, W.J. Hosking, A. Manarangi and K. Tama	Report
76	1986	Agronomic consequences of removal of topsoil from Judgeford silt loam.	P.S.B. Hart, H.M. Watts and J.D.G. Milne	Report
77	1986	Enchytraeidae - some population estimates for grasslands and a New Zealand bibliography.	G.W. Yeates	Report
78	1986	Distribution of cobalt, copper, and zinc in upland and lowland soils of the Kaiwera District East Southland, New Zealand.	P.D. McIntosh, C.G. Sherrell and P.G. Prema	Report
79	1987	Standard methods for mineral analysis of soil survey samples for characterisation and classification in New Zealand Soil Bureau.	J.S. Whitton and G.J. Churchman187	Report
80	1987	Methods for chemical analysis of soils.	L.C. Blakemore, P.L. Searle & B.K. Daly	Report
81	1987	Weighted mean concentrations of minerals in NZ soils. 1. Ferrihydrite.	C.W. Childs	Report
82	1987	Weighted mean concentrations of minerals in New Zealand soils. 2. Allophane/lmogolite.	C.W. Childs and R.L. Parfitt	Report
83	1987	Weighted mean concentrations of minerals in NZ soils.	C. W. Childs	Report

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