Ori en ta tion sur veys are an es sen tial part of any largescale geo chem i cal pro gram be cause they serve to es tab lish op ti mum sam pling and an a lyt i cal tech niques. Among vari ables that need to be de ter mined by a soils ori en ta tion are the sam ple den sity, soil ho ri zon, sam ple grain size or min eral frac tion, and an a lyt i cal method. Es tab lish ing geo chem i cal back g...