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52 J4. Characterization and Interpretation of Soils and Geologic Formations with Carbonates, Gypsum, and Other Soluble Salts
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; S05 Pedology; S09 Soil Mineralogy; Mineralogical Society of America)

Monday, 6 October 2008: 8:00 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 332AD
Presiding:
Wayne Hudnall and Thomas Reinsch
8:00 AM
52-1
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 A. Wilson, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
8:20 AM
52-2
Pedologic 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 AM
52-3
High Gypsum Content Soils: Relating Micromorphology to Landscapes
Joshua Boxell, Texas Tech University; Wayne H. Hudnall, Texas Tech University
8:50 AM
52-4
Micromorphic Forms of Soil Gypsum
Wayne H. Hudnall, Texas Tech University; Joshua Boxell, Texas Tech University; James Rogers, Texas Tech University
9:05 AM
52-5
Proposed 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 AM
Break
9:35 AM
52-6
Gypsum 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 AM
52-7
A Dry Sieve Technique for Evaluating Particle Size of Gypseous Soils
Doug Wysocki, USDA-NRCS; Philip Schoeneberger, USDA-NRCS
10:10 AM
52-8
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 L. Ulery, New Mexico State Univ
10:25 AM
52-9
Particle 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 AM
52-10
Gypsum 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 AM
Discussion
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