CSS 599 Critical Reviews of Soil Processes

Week#	Date	Discussion Theme
1		Organizational meeting
2		Presentation (Maria Dragila): Relationship between evaporation and relative humidity (ref. Hillel, p. 507-510 and 525-533; )
3		Mechanics of the evaporation process and a non-soils application Tim Padfield, “On the usefulness of water absorbent materials in museum walls,” Conservation Department, The National Museum of Denmark.
4		Evaporation from Bare Soil Konukcu, F., A. Istanbulluoglu, and I. Kocaman. Determination of water content in drying soils: incorporating transition from liquid phase to vapour phase. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 2004, 42:1-8.
5		Effect of Mulches on Evaporation Jalota, S.K. Evaporation through soil mulch in relation to mulch characteristics and evaporativity. Australian J. Soil Sci., 1993, 31:131-136.
6		Evaporation Leading to Soil Salinity Nicholas Kyei-Baffour. The Effect of Quality of Rising Capillary Water on Soil Surface Sodicity. CIGR ejournal, 2005, v. 7.
7		Effect of Salinity on Soil Properties Victor M. Ruiz-Vera and Laosheng Wu. Influence of Sodicity, Clay Mineralogy, Prewetting Rate, and Their Interaction on Aggregate Stability. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 2006, 70:1825-1833.
8		NO CLASS MEETING – ASA Meetings
9		NO CLASS MEETING – Thanksgiving week
10		NO CLASS MEETING – Dead week

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