Thursday, 13 July 2006: 10:15 AM
Convention Center, Room 109AB, First Floor
62: 1.4A Impact of National Soil Classification on Soil Science and Society - Oral
Sponsor:WCSS
Presiding:Mabel Pazos, Facultad de Agronomía - UNCPBA
Convenors:Craig Ditzler, USDA-NRCS
Robert Ahrens, "USDA/NRCS,Federal Bldg.,Rm.152"
10:15 AMThe Magical Numbers of the USDA Soil Taxonomy:Towards an Outline of a Theory of Natural Resource Taxonomies.
Juan Jose Ibanez, CIDE, Richard Arnold, USDA-NRCS (retired), Juan Sanchez-Diaz, CIDE
10:45 AMOn the Evolution of Definitions of Diagnostic Soil Horizons and Soil Unit Names.
Freddy O. Nachtergaele, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
11:05 AMCross-Reference System for Interpreting Genetic Soil Classification of China to Soil Taxonomy.
Xuezheng Shi Sr., Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
11:25 AMA Proposal to Differentiate Steady State and Dynamic Soil Properties in Soil Taxonomy.
Neil E. Smeck, The Ohio State University, K. R. Olson, University of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
11:45 AMComputer-Based Translation Tool Between WRB and the German Soil Classification System.
Peter Schad, Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde (Soil Science), Department of Ecology, Technische Universität München, Gabriele Broll, University of Vechta, Reinhold Jahn, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Martin Luther University, Rainer Baritz, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Gert Adler, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Dieter Kuhn, Institut AgendaRegio

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