Session: Historical Links Between Soil Science and Geology

523 Historical Links Between Soil Science and Geology
(Z04 S205.1 Council on the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soils; GSA Archaeological Geology, GSA History of Geology, IUSS Commission 4.5 )

Monday, 6 October 2008: 9:00 AM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 360AB

Presiding:

Edward Landa and Benjamin Cohen

9:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

9:05 AM

History Matters: Links between Environmental History and Environmental Science.
Martin Melosi, University of Houston

9:50 AM

Soil Geomorphology in the United States.
Vance T. Holliday, University of Arizona

10:05 AM

Break

10:20 AM

Paper Withdrawn

10:35 AM

Geologic Mentoring of Early Soil Surveyors.
Eric C. Brevik, Dickinson State University

10:50 AM

Historical Descriptions of Soils and Landscapes of the Texas Gulf Coast.
Darrell G. Schulze, Purdue University

11:05 AM

Interrelationship of Pedologic and Geological Mapping.
Ahmet Ruhi Mermut, University of Saskatchewan; Dan Yaalon, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

11:20 AM

The Pre-History of Soil Science: Jethro Tull, the Invention of the Seed Drill and the Foundations of Modern Agriculture.
Laura B. Sayre, Independent Scholar

11:35 AM

Break

11:50 AM

The Ties That Bind: A Glimpse at the Life and Career of William Edgar Tharp.
Edward Landa, USGS

12:05 PM

William Edgar Tharp and Hugh Hammond Bennett: Early Soil Survey Interpretations for Agricultural Progress.
J. Douglas Helms, USDA-NRCS

12:20 PM

Marie Tharp: The Lady Who Showed Us the Ocean Floors.
Gary North, North Arrow, Ltd.; US Geological Survey (retired)

12:40 PM

What the Antebellum Farmer Knew and Why Anyone Cared: A Story for Today about the Moral Basis from Which Soil Science and Geology Were Born.
Benjamin Cohen, University of Virginia

12:55 PM

The International Humic Substances Society (IHSS) as a Link Between Geology, Hydrology and Soil Science through Organic Matter Studies: A Historical Perspective.
Christian Feller, IRD - Institut pour la Recherche et le Developpement; Yona Chen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Michel Brossard, IRD - Institut pour la Recherche et le Developpement; Edward Landa, USGS; Jean Trichet, Université d'Orléans

1:15 PM

Break

1:30 PM

The Common Histories of SSSA and The Clay Minerals Society.
Joseph W. Stucki, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

1:50 PM

The Role of Lysimeters in the Development of Our Understanding of Water Dynamics in Ecosystems.
Michael J. Goss, University of Guelph; Wilfried Ehlers, Georg-August University

2:10 PM

Agriculture and the Erosion of Civilizations.
David R. Montgomery, University of Washington

2:25 PM

Concluding Remarks

2:35 PM

Adjourn

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