Soil Physical Properties

Table of Contents

Introduction to Soils and Soil Resources

Tonight’s agenda

Lecture 2

Parent Material summary 1

Parent Material summary 2

Weathering summary 1

Weathering summary 2

Soil Development summary

Horizon Development summary

Exam hints

Soil classification

Reading for this week

Why classify?

A horizons

B horizons

B horizons

B horizons

C horizons

C horizons

Lithologic Discontinuity

Lithologic Discontinuity

Example

Scientific Classification

Scientific Classification

Soil Moisture Regimes

Soil Temperature Classes

Soil Moisture Subclasses

Types of vegetation

Taxa of CSSC

CSSC orders

CSSC soil orders

Soils of Canada Map

Soil Orders

Soil Great Groups

Subgroups

Soil Subgroups

Family

Family

Series

Soil Series

Important soil orders in Alberta

Chernozemic Soils

Chernozemic

Great Groups of Chernozems

Genesis

Brown Chernozems

Dark Brown Chernozems

Black Chernozems

Dark Gray Chernozems

Chernozemic horizons

Horizon Sequences

Eluviation

Eluviation in a Chernozem

Ah horizon

Diagnostic horizon of a Chernozem

Common horizon sequences

Orthic Dark Brown Chernozem

Solonetzic Soils

Solonetzic Order

Where are the Solonetizic soils?

Solontezic diagnostic horizon

Structure of Solonetzic soils

Why hard and coated peds?

Genesis of a Solontezic soil

Great Groups

Differentiation of Great Groups

Solodization

Solodization

Common Solonetz horizon sequences

Solodized Solonetz

Solod

Vertic Solonetz

Brown Solodized Solonetz

Luvisolic Soils

Luvisolic Order

Diagnostic horizons for a Luvisol

Genesis

Driving Variables

Great Groups

Gray Brown Luvisol

Gray Luvisol

Common horizon sequences

How to tell a Chernozem from a Solonetz

Chernozems, Luvisols, Solonetz

Suffixes

Memory Tips

Next Week

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Lecture 3: Soil Physical Properties

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