2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 52
Monday, 6 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

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

 

Wayne Hudnall and Thomas Reinsch, Conveners/Advocates
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
Characterization of Anhydrite Soil Discovered in the Coastal Sabkha of Abu Dhabi Emirate
ABDELFATTAH, Mahmoud Ali, Soil Resources Department, Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), P. O. Box 45553, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, 45553, United Arab Emirates, SHAHID, Shabbir Ahmad, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), P.O. Box 14660, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, 14660, United Arab Emirates and WILSON, Michael A., USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, 100 Centennial Mall N, Lincoln, NE 68508, mabdelfattah@ead.ae, mabdelfattah@ead.ae
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8:20 AM
Pedologic and Lanscape Evolution along a Traverse of Highly Gypseous Soils in a Semi-arid Bolson, New Mexico
SCHOENEBERGER, Philip J., USDA - NRCS, 100 Centennial Mall N. - MS 34, Lincoln, NE 68508 and CATES, Greg, USDA-NRCS, 2507 Telshor, Las Cruces, NM 88001, philip.schoeneberger@usda.gov, philip.schoeneberger@usda.gov
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8:35 AM
High Gypsum Content Soils: Relating Micromorphology to Landscapes
BOXELL, Joshua and HUDNALL, Wayne H., Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Campus Box 42122, Lubbock, TX 79409, joshua.boxell@ttu.edu, joshua.boxell@ttu.edu
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8:50 AM
Micromorphic Forms of Soil Gypsum
HUDNALL, Wayne H., BOXELL, Joshua and ROGERS, James, Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Campus Box 42122, Lubbock, TX 79409, wayne.hudnall@ttu.edu, wayne.hudnall@ttu.edu
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9:05 AM
Proposed Taxonomic Classification of Gypsum-Rich Soils from West Texas and Southern New Mexico
LOOMIS, Lynn E., USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, P.O. Box 1557, Marfa, TX 79843, CATES, Greg, USDA-NRCS, 2507 Telshor, Las Cruces, NM 88001, HUDNALL, Wayne, Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, MS 2122, Lubbock, TX 79409 and SCHOENEBERGER, Philip, National Soil Survey Center, USDA-NRCS, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508, lynn.loomis@tx.usda.gov, lynn.loomis@tx.usda.gov
 
9:20 AM
Break
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9:35 AM
Gypsum and Soils: Concepts, Terms and Errors
HERRERO, Juan, Departamento de Suelo y Agua, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, C.S.I.C, Apartado 13034, Zaragoza, 50059, Spain, HUDNALL, Wayne H., Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Campus Box 42122, Lubbock, TX 79409 and ARTIEDA, Octavio, Universidad de Extremadura, Plasencia, 10600, Spain, jhi@eead.csic.es, jhi@eead.csic.es
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9:55 AM
A Dry Sieve Technique for Evaluating Particle Size of Gypseous Soils
WYSOCKI, Doug and SCHOENEBERGER, Philip, National Soil Survey Center, USDA-NRCS, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508, Doug.Wysocki@lin.usda.gov, Doug.Wysocki@lin.usda.gov
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10:10 AM
Particle Size Analysis of Gypsic Soils
RIGGS, Justin, Plant and Envrionmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, MONGER, H. Curtis, New Mexico State Univ, PO Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003, WANG, Mei, Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003 and ULERY, April L., New Mexico State Univ, Las Cruces, NM 88003, JuRiggs@msn.com, JuRiggs@msn.com
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10:25 AM
Particle Size Analysis of Gypseous Soils
PEARSON, Mike, REINSCH, Thomas G., FERGUSON, Rich and WEST, Larry T., USDA-NRCS-NSSC, Lincoln, NE 68508, thomas.reinsch@lin.usda.gov, thomas.reinsch@lin.usda.gov
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10:40 AM
Gypsum Soil Morphology and Interpretations: An Interim Report from the NCSS Gypsum Soils Task Force
CASBY-HORTON, Susan1, REINSCH, Thomas G.2, REEDY, Thomas E.2, ROLONG, Nelson3, SEYBOLD, Cathy A.2 and DOBOS, Robert R.2, (1)USDA-NRCS (retired), P.O. Box 163, Cross Plains, TX 76443, (2)USDA-NRCS-NSSC, Lincoln, NE 68508, (3)USDA-NRCS, Marfa, TX 79843, susan.horton@tx.usda.gov, susan.horton@tx.usda.gov
 
11:00 AM
Discussion
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