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CSS 305: Principles of Soil Science

Extra Information

• Tutorial - Word (75 KB), PDF (49 KB)
• Example - Excel (19 KB)

Redox Presentation from lab - PowerPoint (416KB)

Composting 101 (Thanks to Jeff Choate): html format

An example of Elizabeth's research: html

Root Zone Hysterisis animation (Thanks to Dr. Maria Dragila)

• Power Point file -- shows the animation

Useful Links

• Researchers find frozen north may accelerate climate change
• Biosphere II: Out of Oxygen
• Compost Mix Calculator based upon the On-Farm Composting Handbook
• Soil Characterization Protocols
• Soil Particle Density
• Rhizobium in Soil
• Purplemath - Your Algebra Resource
• NRCS Soils
• Soil Science Education Home Page
• Information on liming to raise pH
• Hydraulic properties calculator
• Official Soil Series Descriptions
  If you want to search, for example, for an Oxisol in Hawaii, you should select HI, then type "Oxisols" in the "soil order" spot. They KEY that is not obvious is that any order name, suborder name, or whatever is of interest, HAS to have an "S" on the end, or the result will be "zero hits".

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