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Getting Dirty with SOILS

Getting Dirty with SOILS. Older than dirt????!!!!. Why Care?. Why Care?. I . Soil Profile the horizons…… O A E B C R. E. R. Organics: Chelators Increases water absorption Releases high amounts of CO2. E. E. Diagnostic properties (B horizon). Texture Structure Color. Texture.

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Getting Dirty with SOILS

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  1. Getting Dirty withSOILS

  2. Older than dirt????!!!!

  3. Why Care?

  4. Why Care?

  5. I. Soil Profilethe horizons……OAEBCR

  6. E R

  7. Organics: • Chelators • Increases water absorption • Releases high amounts of CO2

  8. E

  9. E

  10. Diagnostic properties (B horizon) • Texture • Structure • Color

  11. Texture

  12. Structure

  13. Diagnostic properties (B horizon) • Texture • Structure • Color

  14. Munsell Color Chart

  15. R

  16. I. Soil ProfileII. Soil Classification A. Method: non genetic

  17. I. Soil ProfileII. Soil Classification A. Method: non genetic B. Orders: 12 total

  18. Entisols Inceptisols Mollisols Spodosols Alfisols Ultisols Oxisols Aridisols Vertisols Histosols Andesols Gelisols Soil Orders

  19. Entisol

  20. Inceptisol

  21. Ultisols

  22. Alfisols

  23. Oxisol

  24. Mollisol

  25. Vertisol

  26. Aridisols

  27. Spodosols

  28. Histosols

  29. Gelisols

  30. Andisols

  31. Soils III. Pedogenic Controls and RegimesA.   Factors of Soil Formation (Jenny, 1951)

  32. Soils III. Pedogenic Controls and RegimesA.   Factors of Soil Formation 1.Climate

  33. Soils III. Pedogenic Controls and RegimesA.   Factors of Soil Formation 1.Climate 2. Biota

  34. Soils III. Pedogenic Controls and RegimesA.   Factors of Soil Formation 1.Climate 2. Biota 3. Parent material

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