GEOS 305 - tentative syllabus |
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| Date | Topic | Reading etc. |
| Sept. 10th | Introduction; soil - dirt - what's the difference?; soil forming factors I: parent material and weathering; vegetation and organisms; | |
| Sept. 17th | soil forming processes - soil horizons | soil description exercise - color, texture, visit to Zion Hill Cemetery |
| Sept. 24th | soil forming factors II: time, landscape, climate, time, topography | might postpone fieldtrip to Cedar Hill Cemetery until now |
| Oct. 1st | soil taxonomy, the 12 soil orders | classification exercise, based on profile images |
| Oct. 8th | soil mapping | Wintergreen Woods mapping exercise |
| Oct. 15th | no - class (take-home exam) | |
| Oct. 22nd | fieldtrip to Wintergreen Woods - soil profile descriptions | soil profile description in the field |
| Oct. 29th | clay mineralogy - XRD | XRD analyses |
| Nov. 5th | hydric soils | |
| Nov. 12th | soils and landscapes - catenas | |
| Nov. 19th | field trip | |
| Nov. 26th | Thanksgiving - no class | |
| Dec. 3rd | tbd - paleosols or soil monoliths | |
| Dec. 10th | tbd | |
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