Soil 454 - Pedology

Syllabus

Lecture Schedule

Lab Schedule

Project Guidelines

Old Tests

Presentations

Audio Files

 

Presentations*


Spring 2013

Soil Morphological Features

Soil Horizons

Subordinate Distinctions

Models of Soil Formation; Processes

Soil-forming Factors - Climate, Organisms

Soil-forming Factors - Relief, Parent Material

Parent Material - Surficial Deposits

Time

Weathering

Classification Introduction

Diagnostic Horizons and Features

Soil moisture and temperature regimes

The Soil Orders

Gelisols notes Gelisols supplement
Histosols notes Histosols supplement
Spodosols notes Spodosols supplement
Andisols notes Andisols supplement
Oxisols notes Oxisols supplement
Vertisols notes Vertisols supplement
Aridisols notes Aridisols supplement
Ultisols notes Ultisols supplement
Mollisols notes Mollisols supplement
Alfisols notes Alfisols supplement
Inceptisols notes Inceptisols supplement
Entisols notes  

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