S05 Pedology Session: Soil Genesis and Classification: II (ASA, CSSA and SSSA Annual Meetings (Cincinnati, OH- Oct. 21

Soil Genesis and Classification: II

Oral Session

S05 Pedology

This is a general topic for presentations focused on various soil-forming factors and processes. Presentations relating to soil taxonomic systems will also be included.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012: 1:00 PM-2:25 PM

Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 235, Level 2

Organizer:

Cynthia Stiles

Presider:

Skye Wills

1:00 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:05 PM

398-1

Assessment of Classification of Minesoils According to Soil Taxonomy and Icomanth Proposals.
Cassi S. Jones, Auburn University; John Ammons, University of Tennessee Knoxville

1:20 PM

398-2

Initial Summary of Soil Carbon Stocks From the Rapid Assessment of Carbon Project.
Skye Wills, NRCS; Cleiton Sequeira, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Larry West, USDA-NRCS; Kenneth F. Scheffe, USDA-NRCS; Ellis Benham, NRCS; Rich Ferguson, NRCS; George Teachman, NRCS; Deborah Harms, NRCS

1:35 PM

398-3

Optimization of Soil Structure Under Differing Climatic Regimes.
Daniel Hirmas, University of Kansas; Nathaniel Brunsell, University of Kansas; David Mechem, University of Kansas

1:50 PM

398-4

Using Buried Soils to Reconstruct Past Climate: A Quantitative Approach.
Ashley B. Zung, University of Kansas; Johannes J. Feddema, University of Kansas; Rolfe D. Mandel, University of Kansas

2:05 PM

398-5

Fragipan Influence On Hydropedological Properties of Benchmark Soilscapes in West Virginia.
John Beck, USDA-NRCS; James A. Thompson, West Virginia University; Nicolas Zegre, West Virginia University

2:20 PM

Concluding Remarks

2:25 PM

Adjourn

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