Soil Pedology

CRSS/GEOL 4540/6540, L

Spring semester 2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Class will meet the first Lab period on MONDAY, JAN. 11 , at 2:30 in Rm. 1201

***SYLLABUS and COURSE SCHEDULE***

Readings, PowerPoints, Homeworks and Lab Materials: by week/topic

WEEK	MON DATE	TOPIC	READING	POWERPOINT	HOMEWORK	LAB
1	Jan 5	Soil Properties	1. Definitions 2. Morphology	Soil Properties		Texture Field Sheet
2	Jan 12	Horizons	3. Horizon designations			Soil Props in Field
3	Jan 19	Profiles	Pedon examples		Homework 1	Weird; Some to Try
4	Jan 26	Site characteristics	4. Site Charact. 6. Geomorph.	Site Factors	Homework 2	Interpretations
5	Feb 2	Interpretations	5. Interpretations		Homework 3	Web Soil Survey I
6	Feb 9	Weathering and Formation	7. Weathering and Formation		Homework 4	Munsell colors
7	Feb 16	State Factor Model	8. State Factors	State Factors	Practice pedons
8	Feb 23	Survey and Mapping	9. Soil Survey	Survey & Mapping
9	March 2	Classification Intro	Wilding chapter	Intro, Diag Horizon PDF	Homework 5	Web Soil Survey 2
—	March 9	Spring Break
10	March 16	Diagnostic Horizons		Diag. Horizons (cont) PDF	Homework 6
11	March 23	……..”…”…..			Homework 7
12	March 30	Soil Orders		Soil Orders 1		Horizon, Order Key
13	April 6	……..”…”…..		Soil Orders 2
14	April 13	Lower levels		Lower Levels	Homework (Last)
15	April 20	……..”…”…..		Tax keys (combined)	Answers to HW

M, May 2: Last day of class: (review for final) ||||||||| FINAL EXAM: FRI, May 6, 8;00

LINKS OF INTEREST IN PEDOLOGY:

Overview of Soil Taxonomy : Univ. of Idaho page on Soil Taxonomy, nice pix

—-NRCS Sites/Documents we will use in class:

Web Soil Survey
OSD page/NRCS
Keys to Soil Taxonomy (NRCS)
An Illustrated Guide to Soil Taxonomy
Soil Taxonomy Reference (2nd ed) (NRCS)
Field Book for Describing Soils (NRCS)