Syllabus

Lecture Presentations

Lecture Schedule

References

SOIL 557 – Advanced Soil Genesis & Classification

Lecture Presentations
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Fall 2012

8/23 – Concepts of soil genesis

8/28 – Master horizons

8/30 – Subordinate distinctions

9/4 – Soil Taxonomy development

9/4 – Soil Taxonomy review

9/4 – Soil moisture and temperature regimes

Soil Orders

9/27 – World Reference Base for Soil Resources

10/18-11/8 – Intro to soil-forming processes

11/13 – Soil carbon dynamics