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Soils -linking rivers and slopes

Soils -linking rivers and slopes. Soil development including germane processes and results; consider chronosequences. “ How to ” for soil descriptions - horizons, texture, color, structure. What is a soil?. 1. Namibia - bare schist slopes THIN ROCKY SOILS “ weathering limited ”.

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Soils -linking rivers and slopes

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  1. Soils -linking rivers and slopes • Soil development including germane processes and results; consider chronosequences. • “How to” for soil descriptions - horizons, texture, color, structure .

  2. What is a soil?

  3. 1 Namibia - bare schist slopesTHIN ROCKY SOILS“weathering limited” Brazil- thick, soil mantled granite THICK, CLAY-RICH SOILS“transport limited”

  4. Horizons 2

  5. climate 1

  6. climate 1

  7. climate 1

  8. Organisms 1

  9. http://www.regional.org.au/au/asssi/supersoil2004/, Tomins et al, Sydney AU

  10. Parent Material Limestone, Coonawarra, AU Terra rosa Basalt soil, OR Floodplain silts, Tasmania

  11. 1 Soil Chronosequencetime

  12. 1 CL O R P T Soil Development Explain how 5 factors influence soil properties and development

  13. 2 Texture

  14. 2 Texture Soil Descriptions

  15. Color 2

  16. Structure 2

  17. Wednesday Lab • Meet in lobby • Move to the field, Richmond • Cooler wetter weather, be prepared. • Wear sturdy shoes please, we’ll be digging • Old clothes, this is a dirty one • Bakery stop after? $$$

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