126 General Pedology: I

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Pedology
This is a general oral session for papers related to pedology.
Monday, November 4, 2013: 12:55 PM-4:15 PM
Marriott Tampa Waterside, Room 2

Organizer:
Phillip R. Owens
12:55 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:00 PM
To The Field! Proximal Sensing For Soil Physics Applications.
Cristine L. S. Morgan, Soil Health Institute; Yufeng Ge, Texas A&M Univeristy
2:00 PM
The Restructure and Reorganization of the Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Science Division.
David W. Smith, USDA-NRCS; Jonathan W. Hempel, USDA-NRCS; Roy L. Vick Jr., USDA-NRCS; Micheal L. Golden, USDA-NRCS
2:15 PM
Effects of Periglacial Processes On Soil Formation in Subarctic Alaska.
Eric Geisler, Unviersity of Alaska Fairbanks; Chien-Lu Ping, University of Alaska-Fairbanks
2:30 PM
Characterization of Soil Organic Matter Along a Climosequence in the Grassland-Forest Transition in West-Central Saskatchewan, Canada.
Kendra N. Purton, University of Saskatchewan; Fran L. Walley, University of Saskatchewan; Dan J. Pennock, University of Saskatchewan
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
Digital Soil Mapping Standards and Specifications for Globalsoilmap.
Jonathan W. Hempel, USDA-NRCS; Dominique Arrouarys, INRA-French National Institute for Agricultural Research; Neil Mckenzie, CSIRO; Alex McBratney, The University of Sydney
3:30 PM
3:45 PM
Variation in Surface Soil Carbon Distribution Across Forested and Grassed Loess Catenas in the Shawnee Hills.
Anne F Radintz, University of Kentucky; Brad D. Lee, University of Kentucky; Samuel J. Indorante, USDA/NRCS Soil Science Division; Tanja N. Williamson, USGS; Phillip R. Owens, USDA ARS Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center; W. Matt McCauley, USDA-NRCS
4:00 PM
Effects of Ant (Formica subsericea) Bioturbation On Soil Physical and Hydrological Properties.
Kim Drager, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; Daniel R Hirmas, University of California-Riverside; Stephen T. Hasiotis, University of Kansas
4:15 PM
Adjourn