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SOIL 557 – Advanced Soil Genesis & Classification
Tentative Lecture Schedule
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Fall 2012
| Date |
Topic |
| T |
Aug. 21 |
Course overview |
| Th |
Aug. 23 |
Concepts of soil genesis |
| T |
Aug. 28 |
Soil horizons |
| Th |
Aug. 30 |
Soil horizons |
| T |
Sept. 4 |
Soil classification overview |
| Th |
Sept. 6 |
Gelisols, Histosols |
| T |
Sept. 11 |
Spodosols, Andisols |
| Th |
Sept. 13 |
Oxisols, Vertisols |
| T |
Sept. 18 |
Aridisols, Ultisols, Mollisols |
| Th |
Sept. 20 |
Alfisols, Inceptisols, Entisols |
| T |
Sept. 25 |
Soil orders wrap-up |
| Th |
Sept. 27 |
World Reference Base for Soil Resources |
| T |
Oct. 2 |
Modeling pedogenesis |
| Th |
Oct. 4 |
Chronosequences |
| T |
Oct. 9 |
Lithosequences, toposequences |
| Th |
Oct. 11 |
Climosequences, biosequences |
| T |
Oct. 16 |
OPEN |
| Th |
Oct. 18 |
Soil-forming processes |
| T |
Oct. 23 |
OM accumulation, biocycling, lessivage |
| Th |
Oct. 25 |
Mid-term Quiz |
| T |
Oct. 30 |
De/calcification, podzolization, andosolization |
| Th |
Nov. 1 |
Gleization, pedoturbation |
| T |
Nov. 6 |
Desilication/silicification, cumulization/erosion |
| Th |
Nov. 8 |
Soil C dynamics |
| T |
Nov. 13 |
Soil C dynamics |
| Th |
Nov. 15 |
Hydropedology |
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Nov. 18-20 |
Fall Break – no class |
| T |
Nov. 27 |
Soil inventory - past, present, and future |
| Th |
Nov. 29 |
Soil inventory |
| T |
Dec. 4 |
Student presentations |
| Th |
Dec. 6 |
Student presentations |
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