GEOL 340 Environmental Soil Science

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GEOL 340Environmental Soil Science
Soils and Land Use
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ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL SCIENCE SOILS AND LAND
USE Geology 340 Fall, 2017   Course
Information Instructors Dr. L. Scott
Eaton Office Memorial 7305E E-mail e
atonls_at_jmu.edu Office Hours M,W
1100-1200, F 1215-1325, or by appointment
Meeting Times Lecture M,W 1010-1100
Lab F, 1010-1205 Meeting Location Memorial
7115 (Lecture), 7130 (Lab) Course Web
Site http//csmgeo.csm.jmu.edu/geollab/eaton/web/
eaton.htm   Texts Soils and Land Use, by W.C.
Sherwood
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  Grading Structure Exam 1 25 Exam
2 25 Exam 3 25 Laboratory and Field
Work 22 Seminar Attendance and Write ups
3   Exam Dates (Tentative)   Exam 1
Friday, October 6 Exam 2 Friday, November
17 Exam 3 Monday, December 11 _at_800 a.m.
Overview of Grading Each of the Reports and
Tests will be announced at least one week prior
to the due date. A ten-point grading scale will
apply, i.e. 90-100A 80-89B etc. The three
exams will cover a specific part of the course.
Test questions will be drawn upon material
covered in class, from assigned readings, from
field trips, and from laboratory exercises. A
standard format for the laboratory reports will
be discussed in class. Students will work in
teams in the laboratory, but data manipulation,
interpretation, and report preparation is to be
done individually. Assignments are expected to
demonstrate professionalism, and to be completed
on time Unexcused late laboratories and problem
sets will be marked down 10 points per day and
will not be accepted 5 days beyond due date.
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• I. Introduction
• A. What is Pedology?
• from Greek pedon, "soil" and logos, "study")
  is the study of soils in their natural
  environment

pedogenesis, soil morphology, and soil
classification
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• I. Introduction
• B. What is a Pedologist?
• A pedologist is someone who, by virtue of
  specialized higher education, training and
  experience with soils,is able to
• Identify soils as natural units on the landscape,
• Differentiate soil types and landscape units,
  then document their location on aerial
  photographs or other suitable base map,
• Describe their characteristics and properties,
  and recognize their limitations for various land
  uses, and
• Promote their wise utilization.

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• I. Introduction
• C. What is Soil?

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Introduction

• What is Soil?
• A. Pedologist Earth material which has been so
  modified by physical, chemical, and biological
  agents so that it will support rooted plants.

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• I. What is Soil?
• A. Pedologist Earth material which has been so
  modified by physical, chemical, and biological
  agents so that it will support rooted plants.
• B. Engineer The layer of loose incoherent
  material of whatever origin that rest on hard
  bedrock and can be excavated by conventional
  means without a need for systematic drilling and
  blasting.

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• What is Dirt?

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What is Dirt?
Older than dirt????!!!!
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• What is Dirt?
• undesirable debris which may contain soil.

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• II. Founding Fathers of Pedology
• The Ole Worthies

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Edmund Ruffin
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C.F. Marbut
Vasily V. Dokuchaev
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Guy Smith
Hans Jenny
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Peter Birkeland
Karl Terzaghi
Robert Ruhe
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• III. The Importance of Soil
• Broad Trends and General Observations

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