Symposium--S9/S5 Joint Symposium On Ecosystem-Mineral Interactions: I

Oral Session

S09 Soil Mineralogy

Soil is a synthograph of environmental conditions and ecosystem process through time.  Understanding how soil minerals interact with, control and record ecosystem processes is fundamental to understanding soil and ecosystem function. This joint symposium between the Soil Science Society of America’s Soil Mineralogy and Pedology divisions will explore the interaction between soil minerals and ecosystem processes across nano- to landscape spatial scales, modern to deep geologic time scales, and across natural and managed ecosystems. We seek to enhance communication between scientists studying ecosystem-mineral Interactions in a multidisciplinary forum. Topics include novel coupling of molecular, isotopic, or imaging techniques for using soil mineral data to better understand: (i) the coevolution of soil and ecosystem properties; (ii) soil biogeochemical cycling in natural and managed systems, and (iii) the quantification of mineral weathering and transformation processes.

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S05 Pedology
Tuesday, October 23, 2012: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Hyatt Regency, Buckeye AB, Third Floor
Organizers:
Craig Rasmussen , Maria Nobles and Cynthia Stiles
Presider:
Craig Rasmussen
9:00 AM
Complementary Breakfast
9:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
9:35 AM
Stable Carbon Isotope Composition of Calcite and Organic Matter From Californian Soils: Implications for CO2 Reconstructions.
Neil Tabor, Southern Methodist University; Timothy S. Myers, Southern Methodist University
10:05 AM
Soil Genesis and Mineralogy Across a Volcanic Lithosequence.
Stewart G. Wilson, University of California, Davis; Jean-Jacques Lambert, University of California-Davis; Randy Dahlgren, University of California, Davis
10:20 AM
Biogeochemical Weathering of Serpentinites: An Examination of the First Reactions Controlling Serpentine Soil Formation.
Elisabeth M. Hausrath, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Amanda A. Olsen, University of Maine; Julie L. Baumeister, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Eileen Yardley, University of Maine; Michael Bodkin, University of Maine; Kimberly Negrich, University of Maine
10:50 AM
Quantifying Mineral Transformations in Granitic Terrain Across the Santa Catalina Mountain Environmental Gradient.
Rebecca Lybrand, The University of Arizona; Craig Rasmussen, University of Arizona
11:05 AM
Colloidal Clay Redistribution: Quantifying a Pedogenic Process and Its Influence On Ecosystems.
Carleton Bern, USGS - U.S. Geological Survey; Aaron Thompson, University of Georgia; Alan Koenig, USGS - U.S. Geological Survey; Oliver Chadwick, University of California-Santa Barbara
11:50 AM
Adjourn
12:00 PM
Lunch Break
12:00 PM
Symposium Continues to S-5 Session