Soil HorizonsPub Date : 2015-07-01DOI: 10.2136/SH15-01-0001
E. Brevik, Bradley A. Miller
{"title":"The Use of Soil Surveys to Aid in Geologic Mapping with an Emphasis on the Eastern and Midwestern United States","authors":"E. Brevik, Bradley A. Miller","doi":"10.2136/SH15-01-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2136/SH15-01-0001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":362488,"journal":{"name":"Soil Horizons","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114798615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soil HorizonsPub Date : 2015-05-01DOI: 10.2136/SH2015-56-3-TP
J. Fincham
{"title":"Producing Accurate and Complete Profile Descriptions","authors":"J. Fincham","doi":"10.2136/SH2015-56-3-TP","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2136/SH2015-56-3-TP","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":362488,"journal":{"name":"Soil Horizons","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116624056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soil HorizonsPub Date : 2015-05-01DOI: 10.2136/SH2015-56-3-DL
M. Fisher
{"title":"Hooked on Soils: A Day in the Life of Ed Landa","authors":"M. Fisher","doi":"10.2136/SH2015-56-3-DL","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2136/SH2015-56-3-DL","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":362488,"journal":{"name":"Soil Horizons","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133606796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soil HorizonsPub Date : 2015-05-01DOI: 10.2136/SH2015-56-3-GC
D. Lindbo
{"title":"Septic Systems as a ‘Green’ Technology","authors":"D. Lindbo","doi":"10.2136/SH2015-56-3-GC","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2136/SH2015-56-3-GC","url":null,"abstract":"ity. On-site treatment systems are now an integral part of our wastewater infrastructure and are collectively referred to as decentralized wastewater systems. Decentralized wastewater technology and management refers to wastewater treatment and dispersal systems from the individual on-site treatment system (septic systems) to small community collection and treatment systems (cluster systems) and includes the process involved in siting, installing, operating and maintaining the systems. These systems rely upon land application by surface or subsurface dispersal and proper treatment of the wastewater. They allow the treated wastewater to re-enter the hydrologic cycle close to where the potable water was removed. Often, as in the case of an individual system, this is less than a few hundred feet. They are considered to be non-point source discharges by federal and state standards. Often septic systems are portrayed in a negative light but they are now an integral part of our wastewater infrastructure. Photo by David Lindbo and courtesy of Soil Science @ NC State's Flickr photostream.","PeriodicalId":362488,"journal":{"name":"Soil Horizons","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132529266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soil HorizonsPub Date : 2015-05-01DOI: 10.2136/SH15-01-0002
E. Brevik, R. Arnold
{"title":"Is the Traditional Pedologic Definition of Soil Meaningful in the Modern Context","authors":"E. Brevik, R. Arnold","doi":"10.2136/SH15-01-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2136/SH15-01-0002","url":null,"abstract":"The definition of soil is an important part of communication about soil, and it is important to have effective communication with other scientists, politicians, an interested public, and others with an interest in utilizing soil information. Initially soil science was focused primarily on agricultural applications, but in recent decades the use of soil information has expanded to include areas like land use planning, environmental applications, human health, and food, water, and energy security. Pedologists now include urban and other anthropogenically disturbed environments in their studies in addition to the traditional natural and agro-ecosystems. With these expansions in the application of soil information it is natural that some have raised the question of whether a new definition of soil is needed. Here we investigate that question by exploring whether the traditional pedologic definition of soil is meaningful in the modern world, with its expanded applications for soil knowledge. The current pedologic definition of soil includes the following key elements: (i) soils are natural bodies, (ii) soils are both spatial and temporal, (iii) soils form at the surface, (iv) soils are the result of complex biogeochemical and physical processes, (v) soils are capable of supporting life, and (vi) soils can be mapped at appropriate scales. We conclude that a definition that includes the six key elements listed above, with perhaps some minor modifications, is able to incorporate the expanded applications of soil information in the modern world.","PeriodicalId":362488,"journal":{"name":"Soil Horizons","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129905926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soil HorizonsPub Date : 2015-05-01DOI: 10.2136/SH14-09-0012
Xiuying Wang, Jimmy R. Williams, Candiss O. Williams, J. Nichols, Jaehak Jeong, Phillip J. Schoeneberger, L. Norfleet, J. Angerer
{"title":"Development of a Tool to Predict Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature Regimes","authors":"Xiuying Wang, Jimmy R. Williams, Candiss O. Williams, J. Nichols, Jaehak Jeong, Phillip J. Schoeneberger, L. Norfleet, J. Angerer","doi":"10.2136/SH14-09-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2136/SH14-09-0012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":362488,"journal":{"name":"Soil Horizons","volume":"172 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122103179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soil HorizonsPub Date : 2015-03-01DOI: 10.2136/SH2015-56-2-F
M. Fisher
{"title":"Reducing Stormwater Runoff with Green Infrastructure","authors":"M. Fisher","doi":"10.2136/SH2015-56-2-F","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2136/SH2015-56-2-F","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":362488,"journal":{"name":"Soil Horizons","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126313877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soil HorizonsPub Date : 2015-03-01DOI: 10.2136/SH2015-56-2-RC2
Henry Lin, A. Lin
{"title":"Caring for Soils for a Sustainable World","authors":"Henry Lin, A. Lin","doi":"10.2136/SH2015-56-2-RC2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2136/SH2015-56-2-RC2","url":null,"abstract":"All rights reserved. No part of this periodical may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. T year 2015 is special on two fronts: 1) It is the International Year of Soils, which will raise awareness about the fundamental roles of soils for human life (Fig. 1); and 2) It is also the decisive year for setting sustainable development goals (SDGs) for the global community, in which soils are an integral part of the United Nations’ SDGs initiative and post-2015 agenda. An integrated strategy addressing both these fronts, as illustrated in Fig. 2, can help increase the public’s understanding and appreciation for soils. Understanding is the first step towards meaningful action and long-term improvement. At the core of this strategy is a fundamental shift in our perception of soils and an ethic for caring about soils.","PeriodicalId":362488,"journal":{"name":"Soil Horizons","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132707282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}