308 Soil Classification (includes student competition)

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Pedology
This session will have presentations on Soil Classification and related issues.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014: 2:30 PM-4:20 PM
Long Beach Convention Center, S-1

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Organizer:
Joey N. Shaw
Presider:
John M. Galbraith
2:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
2:35 PM
The Master V Horizon for Soil Horizons Dominated By Vesicular Porosity.
Judith K. Turk, Richard Stockton College; Robert C. Graham, University of California-Riverside; Carrie-Ann Haydu-Houdeshell, USDA-NRCS
2:50 PM
An Overview of the Universal Soil Classification System Development.
Phillip R. Owens, Purdue University; Erika Micheli, Hungarian Soil Science Society, International Union of Soil Sciences; Jonathan W. Hempel, USDA-NRCS; Vince Lang, Purdue University
3:05 PM
Global Soil Partnership.
Jonathan W. Hempel, USDA-NRCS; Kim Green, USDA-Food Safety and Inspection Service; Dan J. Pennock, University of Saskatchewan; Thomas Reinsch, USDA-NRCS; Charles W. Rice, Kansas State University; David L. Lindbo, North Carolina State University
3:20 PM
Hyperarid Soils and the Soil Taxonomy.
Kari M. Finstad, University of California-Berkeley; Marco Pfeiffer, University of California-Berkeley; Ronald G. Amundson, University of California-Berkeley
3:35 PM
Soil Temperature in the Mojave and Lower Colorado Deserts of California and Nevada.
Stephen M. Roecker, USDA-NRCS; Carrie-Ann Haydu-Houdeshell, USDA-NRCS
3:50 PM
Development of Soil Climate Regimes of Kenya Using Spatial Java Newhall Simulation Model.
Mercy Ngunjiri, Purdue University; Phillip R. Owens, Purdue University; Zamir Libohova, USDA-NRCS; Sharon W. Waltman, USDA-NRCS; Hans E. Winzeler, Purdue University
4:05 PM
Identification of Soil Structure in New Soils.
Emily Ott, Virginia Tech; John M. Galbraith, Virginia Tech
4:20 PM
Adjourn