Soil 5555 - Wetland Soils
Fall Semester 2001
| Date | Lecture | Reading | Other | Recitation |
| Week 1
Recitation |
Page 3-18 |
Reading Profile Descript. | Soil Morphology: The Language of Soils | |
| 9/4 | Course Introduction / What is a Wetland | |||
| 9/6 | Soil Forming Factors and Processes | |||
| Week 2
Recitation |
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Describing Soil Profiles | |
| 9/11 | Glacial Geology and Geomorphology | |||
| 9/13 | The Soil Catena and Landscape Hydrology | Page 251 -266 | ||
| SAT 9/15 | Cedar Creek Field Trip | LEAVE | 8:30 AM | Borlaug |
| Week 3
Recitation |
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Review Field Trip - Field Project Assn. | |
| 9/18 | Biogeochemical Processes in Wet Soils I | Page 85- 106 | HSI: Profile Processes | |
| 9/20 | Biochemical Processes inWet Soils II | Page 107- 136 | ||
| Week 4
Recitation |
Page 19- 34 |
Field Indicators of Hydric Soils | ||
| 9/25 | Soil Redoximorphic Features | Page163- 182 | HSI: Profile Processes | |
| 9/27 | Jurisdictional Wetlands and Hydric Soils | Page 19- 34 | ||
| SAT 9/29 | Lake Rebecca Field Trip | Leave 8:30 AM | Borlaug Hall |
| Date | Lecture | Reading | Other | Recitation |
| Week 5
Recitation |
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Field Trip Review | ||
| 10/2 | Field Indicators of Hydric Soils | Page 183- 206 | ||
| 10/4 | Field Indicators of Hydric Soils | Page 371- 382 | ||
| Week 6
Recitation |
No Meeting | |||
| 10/9 | Midterm Examination | |||
| 10/11 | Wetland Conservation In Minnesota with Greg Larson | |||
| Week 7
Recitation |
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Piezometers and Wells | ||
| 10/16 | Problem and Disturbed Soils | |||
| 10/18 | Wetland Hydrology page | page 35-84 | ||
| Week 8
Recitation |
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Tensiometers | ||
| 10/23 | Wetland Hydrology | HSI: Landscape Interpretation | ||
| 10/25 | Interpreting Hydrologic Data | HSI: Farib.exe |
| Date | Lecture | Reading | Other | Recitation |
| Week 9
Recitation |
Discussion with Greg Larson | |||
| 10/30 | Wetland Regulation (Greg Larson, BWSR) | |||
| 11/1 | Soil Survey | |||
| Week 10
Recitation |
On-Line Databases | |||
| 11/6 | Soil Survey and Classification | |||
| 11/8 | National Wetland Inventory | |||
| Date | Lecture | Reading | Other | Recitation |
| Week 11
Recitation |
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No Meeting | ||
| 11/13 | Midterm Exam | |||
| 11/15 | Peatlands (Greg Larson) | Page 343-370 | ||
| Week 12
Recitation |
No Meeting | |||
| 11/20 | Wetland Values and Banking (Tracey Bauer, Applied Econ) | |||
| 11/22 | Thanksgiving Holiday | |||
| Week 13
Recitation |
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Redox Laboratory | ||
| 11/27 | Organic and Frozen Soils | Page 137-162 | ||
| 11/29 | Wetland Soils and the Carbon Cycle | |||
| Week 14
Recitation |
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Redox Laboratory | ||
| 12/4 | Riverine Systems | Page 283-300 | ||
| 12/6 | Tidal Systems | Page 301-316 |
| Week 15
Recitation |
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No Meeting | ||
| 12/11 | Special Topic of Interest | |||
| 12/13 | Course Summary and Evaluation |
* Reading assignments should be completed prior to attending the session indicated on the course schedule.
* Course schedule is subject to change.