Monday, 6 October 2008: 8:00 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 332AD
52: Characterization and Interpretation of Soils and Geologic Formations with Carbonates, Gypsum, and Other Soluble Salts
Sponsor:Joint Sessions
JTPC Reps:Lisa L. Ely, Central Washington Univ
Marith Reheis, U.S. Geological Survey
Conveners/Advocates:Wayne Hudnall, Texas Tech University
Thomas Reinsch,
8:00 AMCharacterization of Anhydrite Soil Discovered in the Coastal Sabkha of Abu Dhabi Emirate
Mahmoud Ali Abdelfattah, Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), Shabbir Ahmad Shahid, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Michael A. Wilson, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
8:20 AMPedologic and Lanscape Evolution along a Traverse of Highly Gypseous Soils in a Semi-arid Bolson, New Mexico
Philip J. Schoeneberger, USDA - NRCS, Greg Cates, USDA-NRCS
8:35 AMHigh Gypsum Content Soils: Relating Micromorphology to Landscapes
Joshua Boxell, Texas Tech University, Wayne H. Hudnall, Texas Tech University
8:50 AMMicromorphic Forms of Soil Gypsum
Wayne H. Hudnall, Texas Tech University, Joshua Boxell, Texas Tech University, James Rogers, Texas Tech University
9:05 AMProposed Taxonomic Classification of Gypsum-Rich Soils from West Texas and Southern New Mexico
Lynn E. Loomis, Greg Cates, USDA-NRCS, Wayne Hudnall, Texas Tech University, Philip Schoeneberger, USDA-NRCS
9:20 AMBreak
9:35 AMGypsum and Soils: Concepts, Terms and Errors
Juan Herrero, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, C.S.I.C, Wayne H. Hudnall, Texas Tech University, Octavio Artieda, Universidad de Extremadura
9:55 AMA Dry Sieve Technique for Evaluating Particle Size of Gypseous Soils
Doug Wysocki, USDA-NRCS, Philip Schoeneberger, USDA-NRCS
10:10 AMParticle Size Analysis of Gypsic Soils
Justin Riggs, New Mexico State University, H. Curtis Monger, New Mexico State Univ, Mei Wang, New Mexico State University, April L. Ulery, New Mexico State Univ
10:25 AMParticle Size Analysis of Gypseous Soils
Mike Pearson, USDA-NRCS-NSSC, Thomas G. Reinsch, USDA-NRCS-NSSC, Rich Ferguson, USDA-NRCS-NSSC, Larry T. West, USDA-NRCS-NSSC
10:40 AMGypsum Soil Morphology and Interpretations: An Interim Report from the NCSS Gypsum Soils Task Force
Susan Casby-Horton, USDA-NRCS (retired), Thomas G. Reinsch, USDA-NRCS-NSSC, Thomas E. Reedy, USDA-NRCS-NSSC, Nelson Rolong, USDA-NRCS, Cathy A. Seybold, USDA-NRCS-NSSC, Robert R. Dobos, USDA-NRCS-NSSC
11:00 AMDiscussion

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