Monday, June 18, 2007: 8:10 AM-12:00 PM
Salmon River (Boise Centre on the Grove)
B Symposia (sp)
Soilscapes of the Western US: Perspectives on Change
Driven by curiosity about the Critical Zone, especially with regard to its sensitivity and vulnerability to global change impacts, the soil-landscape paradigm (once almost solely the rational construct for pedology) has become a major focus of attention for Earth and biological scientists. This interest was largely developed through the needs and contributions of pedologists exploring and positing key hypotheses relating the flow of water, biological activity (including nutrient cycling), and landscape evolution. This symposium will provide an overview of current research efforts in this arena. The Oral Session, scheduled for Monday morning, will consist of talks organized to define and exemplify approaches – as well as provide forum for discussions on near-future research needs and methods. The Poster Session, scheduled for Monday afternoon, will consist of volunteer poster presentations which will be organized to center on detailed examples of Western soilscape studies.
Sponsor:	The Western Society of Soil Science and the Western Cooperative Soil Survey
Organizers:	Jay S. Noller Bob Graham
Presider:	Jay S. Noller
8:10 AM			Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM	111		Benchmark Soilscapes to Predict Effects of Climatic Change in the Western USA Anthony O'Geen
8:35 AM	112		Soils of the Mazama Tephra-blanketed Landscapes in Oregon: A Benchmark Soilscape for Global Change Research Jay S. Noller
8:55 AM	113		Vegetation influences on Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics in an Arid, Hyperthermic Ecosystem David A. White II, Craig Rasmussen
9:15 AM	114		Organic soil formation on lava flows at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve Karen L. Vaughan, Paul McDaniel, Anita Falen
9:35 AM	115		Predictive Mapping and Landscape Analysis using Geographic Information Systems and Classification Trees Sheila Slevin, Jay S. Noller
9:55 AM			Break
10:10 AM	116		Soil Development in a Forested Debris Flow Chronosequence in Southern California Judith K. Turk, Robert C. Graham
10:30 AM	117		Data Mining and its Application to Soil-landscapes in the Great Basin Abdelhamid A. Elnaggar, Jay S. Noller
10:50 AM	118		The Critical Zone Exploration Network Sonoran Desert Environmental Gradient as a Benchmark Soilscape in Southern Arizona Craig Rasmussen, Michael Crimmins, Tom Meixner, Jon Chorover, Egbert Schwartz
11:10 AM	119		Development of a Forensic GIS Database Patricia R. Menchaca, Robert C. Graham, Marianne Stam
11:30 AM	120		Linking Arid Land Surface Characteristics to Soil Hydrologic and Ecosystem Functions in Mojave Desert Landscapes R.C. Graham
11:50 AM			Concluding Remarks

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