Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 9:25 AM
Convention Center, Room 225, Second Floor
179: Soils and Civilizations
Sponsor:Z08 S205.1 Council on the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soils
Presiding:Eric Brevik, Valdosta State Univ.
9:25 AMIntroductory Remarks
9:30 AMOn the Uses and Abuses of Soil and Water in the Historical Fertile Crescent.
Daniel Hillel, Columbia University
10:15 AMSoil Structure:A History from Tilth to Habitat.
Benno P. Warkentin, Oregon State University
10:35 AMTrajectories of Nitrogen Cycling in Indian Maize and Antebellum Cotton Ecosystems in the South: Some Implications.
Daniel Richter, Duke Univ., Julie DeMeester, Duke University, Jianwei Li, Duke Univ., Jason Jackson, Duke University
10:55 AMBreak
11:05 AMIdentification of Ancient Landforms.
George J. Castille, Coastal Environments, Inc.
11:25 AMThe Geology of the Katrina Disaster in New Orleans.
Stephen A. Nelson, Tulane Univ.
12:10 PMDiscussion
12:20 PMAdjourn

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