Instructor:

Kevin McSweeney
Department of Soil Science
433 King Hall, 1525 Observatory Drive
Office Phone: (608) 262 - 0331
Home Phone: (608) 233 - 4348
email: kmcsween@facstaff.wisc.edu
 

Sabine Grunwald
Department of Soil Science
King Hall, 1525 Observatory Drive, Room 445
Office Phone: (608) 265 - 3331
email: sgrunwald@facstaff.wisc.edu
 
 
 
 
 

 

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Course Description	Grading	Timetable	Recommended Text	Web Links

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Table of Contents

1) Introduction

2) Concepts of Soil Genesis / Classification

3) Soil Formation / Soil Forming Factors

4) Primary Mineral Components of Soils

5) Weathering

6) Secondary Silicates

7) Oxides and Hydroxides

8) Soil Organic Matter

9) Soil Morphology

10) Processes of Soil Formation

11) U.S. Soil Taxonomy

12) Soil Orders

13) Soil Mapping

14) Soil Information Systems in the U.S.