Jay Noller

Director
jay.noller [at] oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-9119

Strand Agriculture Hall

Strand Agriculture Hall 210A

170 SW Waldo Place

170 SW Waldo Place
Corvallis, OR 97331
OSU Hemp Leader
 
Art Science
Soil Science - Soil Geomorphology
Archaeological Agriculture
Earthquake Geology
 

Jay and his research groups have studied

  • Applications of predictive mapping techniques in the survey of soil, geomorphological, and ecological units across forests, farms and rangelands in Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, and elsewhere;
  • Theory and practice of visual and installation art as research tool in Earth sciences;
  • Bringing sustainability science to cemeteries through research;
  • Systems of ancient agriculture; and
  • Impacts of earthquakes on natural and cultural systems.

 

Current Projects:

PacNW USA
Italy
  • Agricultural Archaeology of Paestum
  • Tidal Wetland Foundations of Venice

I am no longer taking on new graduate students

Profile Field Tabs

At OSU
Affiliated with: 
College of Agricultural Sciences
Career Links: 
Department of Crop and Soil Science
Global Hemp Innovation Center
Student(s): 
Stephen Clarke
Headquarters: 
OSU Main Campus
Beyond OSU
Personal Links: 
Soilscape Studio
Biography

Jay is professor of landscape pedology, with research involving the disciplines of soil science, geomorphology, art and archaeology. His research focuses on morphologistics (the art‐science of shape and form) and human interactions with soils in modern and ancient agricultural and forest landscapes of the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. His experience includes more than 35 large projects, spanning much of North and South America, southern Europe, southwest Asia, and Africa. He has published more than 180 papers and maps, six books and has made contributions to many more works. He is also an internationally known soil artist creating large eco‐artwork installations and fine‐art paintings on display and in collections around the world. 

My Publications

2014

Journal Article

R. Mata-González, Evans, T. L., Martin, D. W., McLendon, T., Noller, J. S., Wan, C., and Sosebee, R. E., “Patterns of Water Use by Great Basin Plant Species Under Summer Watering”, Arid Land Research and Management, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 428 - 446, 2014.

2013

Book

J. S. Noller, Sowers, J. M., and Lettis, W. R., Eds., AGU Reference ShelfQuaternary Geochronology: Methods and Applications, vol. 4. Washington, D. C.: American Geophysical Union, 2013.

Journal Article

T. L. Evans, Mata-González, R., Martin, D. W., McLendon, T., and Noller, J. S., “Growth, water productivity, and biomass allocation of Great Basin plants as affected by summer watering”, Ecohydrology, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 713 - 721, 2013.

2011

Journal Article

J. S. Noller, Zomeni, Z., and Panayides, I., “Preliminary field and GIS-based Assessment of Tsunami Hazard on Cyprus”, Marine geo-hazards in the MEditerranean, vol. 42, 2011.

2010

Journal Article

A. A. Elnaggar and Noller, J. S., “Application of Remote-sensing Data and Decision-Tree Analysis to Mapping Salt-Affected Soils over Large Areas”, Remote Sensing, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 151 - 165, 2010.
J. S. Noller, “Soil Portraits”, Soil Horizons, vol. 51, no. 2, p. 35, 2010.

2009

Journal Article

A. Lufafa, Diedhiou, I., Ndiaye, N. A. S., Séné, M., Kizito, F., Dick, R. P., and Noller, J. S., “Allometric relationships and peak-season community biomass stocks of native shrubs in Senegal's Peanut Basin”, Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 260 - 266, 2009.
J. S. Noller, “Incorporating soil aging in digital mapping of soils”, Pedometron, vol. 28, 2009.
J. S. Noller, “Quaternary Geological Map of Cyprus,”, Geological Survey Department of Cyprus, 2009.

Map

J. S. Noller, “ Landform Map of Cyprus”, Geological Survey Department of Cyprus , 2009.

Pages