52 Characterization and Interpretation of Soils and Geologic Formations with Carbonates, Gypsum, and Other Soluble Salts

Oral Session
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Monday, 6 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 332AD

Presiding:
Wayne Hudnall and Thomas Reinsch
8:00 AM
Characterization 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 Wilson, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
8:35 AM
High Gypsum Content Soils: Relating Micromorphology to Landscapes
Joshua Boxell, Texas Tech Univ.; Wayne Hudnall, Texas Tech University
8:50 AM
Micromorphic Forms of Soil Gypsum
Wayne Hudnall, Texas Tech University; Joshua Boxell, Texas Tech University; James Rogers, Texas Tech University
9:05 AM
Proposed Taxonomic Classification of Gypsum-Rich Soils from West Texas and Southern New Mexico
Lynn Loomis; Gregory Cates, USDA-NRCS; Wayne Hudnall, Texas Tech University; Philip Schoeneberger, USDA-NRCS
9:20 AM
Break
9:35 AM
Gypsum and Soils: Concepts, Terms and Errors
Juan Herrero-Isern, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, C.S.I.C; Wayne Hudnall, Texas Tech University; Octavio Artieda, Universidad de Extremadura
9:55 AM
A Dry Sieve Technique for Evaluating Particle Size of Gypseous Soils
Douglas Wysocki, USDA-NRCS; Philip Schoeneberger, USDA-NRCS
10:10 AM
Particle 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 Ulery, New Mexico State Univ
10:25 AM
Particle Size Analysis of Gypseous Soils
Mike Pearson, USDA-NRCS-NSSC; Thomas Reinsch, USDA-NRCS-NSSC; Rich Ferguson, USDA-NRCS-NSSC; Larry West, USDA-NRCS, NSSC
10:40 AM
Gypsum Soil Morphology and Interpretations: An Interim Report from the NCSS Gypsum Soils Task Force
Susan Casby-Horton, USDA-NRCS (retired); Thomas Reinsch, USDA-NRCS-NSSC; Thomas E. Reedy, USDA-NRCS-NSSC; Nelson Rolong, USDA-NRCS; Cathy Seybold, USDA-NRCS-NSSC; Robert Dobos, USDA-NRCS-NSSC
11:00 AM
Discussion
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