| FIELD
STUDIES OF SOIL RESOURCES
Soil Science 105 - Southern California
June 28 – July 15, 2005
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources
University of California, Davis
Instructors:
Randy Dahlgren, radahlgren@ucdavis.edu,
530-752-2814 (cell: 530-400-9842)
Toby O’Geen, atogeen@ucdavis.edu,
530-752-2155
Five quarter units. The course may be taken as an extra
session course (SSC 105 Extra Session for UC students who
were enrolled at a UC campus in the spring quarter 2005
(contact Noue Leung, nyleung@ucdavis.edu, in the LAWR Teaching
Center for an application) or for non-UC students through
UC Summer Sessions (SSC 105 Special Session).
Grading:
Final exam (30%), Course summary written report (30%), Sierran
Transect exercise (10%), quizzes (30%)
Text:
Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 9th ed., 2003. Available for download
on line at http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/tax_keys/
Schedule:
| Date |
|
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Topic/Field Location.
Overnight stop underlined. |
| June |
28 |
Tuesday |
9 am – 5 pm. Course
introduction & logistics. Introduction to soil morphology,
classification, genesis, and land grading systems. Introduction
to field kits and soil texturing practice. Davis. |
| |
29 |
Wednesday |
8 – 5 p.m. Practice
pit. Davis. |
| |
30 |
Thursday |
Drainage catena on Coast
Range alluvium, Dixon, Jepson Prairie, Davis. |
| July |
1 |
Friday |
Drainage catena on Coast
Range alluvium, Dixon, Jepson Prairie, Davis. |
| |
2 |
Saturday |
Day off to prepare for
travel, Davis. |
| |
3 |
Sunday |
Examine soils, landforms
and land use in northeastern San Joaquin Valley on Sierra
Nevada alluvium chronosequence, enroute Lodi, Ione,
Valley Springs, Oakdale, Turlock Lake State Park.
|
| |
4 |
Monday |
“Sunrise”
seminar Turlock Lake. Examine soils, landforms and land
use on Sierra Nevada alluvium chronosequence, enroute
Snelling, Merced, Madera, Millerton Lake SRA. |
| |
5 |
Tuesday |
Soil climosequence study
on granitic bedrock (Sierran Transect). Examine foothill
range and middle mountain forest soils, enroute Auberry,
Shaver Lake, Huntington Lake. |
| |
6 |
Wednesday |
Sierran Transect continued:
examine subalpine and mixed conifer forest soils, enroute
Kaiser Pass, Huntington Lake, Dinkey Creek, Buck
Meadow. |
| |
7 |
Thursday |
Examine watershed, rangeland
and agricultural soils, enroute Balch Camp, Trimmer,
Citrus Cove, Lindy’s Landing, Reedley. |
| |
8 |
Friday |
Examine mima mounds and
soils formed on alluvium from basic igneous rock on
the eastside of the southern San Joaquin Valley, enroute
Visalia, Porterville, Bakersfield, Tehachapi, Red
Rock Canyon SRA. |
| |
9 |
Saturday |
Examine soils and land
use in the Mojave Desert, enroute California City, Mojave,
Red Rock Canyon SRA. |
| |
10 |
Sunday |
Examine drainage catena
and vegetation transect on Owens Lake beaches/playa.
Examine landforms and land use on eastside Sierra Nevada,
enroute Lone Pine, Red Rock Canyon SRA. |
| |
11 |
Monday |
Examine soils and land
use in the western Mojave Desert (Antelope Valley) and
Transverse Ranges, enroute Mojave, Lancaster, Santa
Paula, Ojai, McGrath Beach State Park, Ventura. |
| |
12 |
Tuesday |
Day off. McGrath Beach
State Park, Ventura. |
| |
13 |
Wednesday |
Examine tidal marsh and
hillslope soil sequence, enroute Santa Barbara, Santa
Ynez Valley, Sedgwick Reserve. |
| |
14 |
Thursday |
Examine coastal dune soils
and Coast Range soils and land use, enroute Solvang,
San Luis Obispo, Raso Robles, Pinnacles Campground. |
| |
15 |
Friday |
Examine soils and land
use on west-side San Joaquin Valley, enroute Panoche,
Little Panoche Valley, Los Banos. Return to Davis.
Attend SSC 105 All Class Reunion (5 pm). |
| |
20 |
Wednesday |
Sierran Transect report
and take home exam due by 5 pm (email to radahlgren@ucdavis.edu).
|
| |
25 |
Monday |
Course summary written
report due 5 pm. |
SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND COSTS
For classroom and field
1 |
8-1/2 x 11 3-ring binder |
1 |
8-1/2 x 11 clip board for field sheets |
50 |
Sheets of 8-1/2 x 11 paper, ruled |
10 |
Sheets of 8-1/2 x 11 graph paper |
1 |
Pocket notebook for miscellaneous field
notes |
1 |
Plastic ruler |
1 |
2-m locking steel measuring tape (metric
preferred) |
1 |
Road map/atlas of California (UCD bookstore,
Border’s, gas station) |
1 |
10x hand lens - leather lace for neck
lanyard |
|
Pencils with erasers, pencil sharpener |
1 |
Keys to Soil Taxonomy,
2003, 9th edition, (see above) |
1 |
Sturdy knife with sheath for soil excavation
(UCD Bookstore, WalMart, Davis
Lumber, Woodland Mercantile) |
1 |
Calculator |
| |
|
Personal:
Warm sleeping bag (bring a sheet for those warm nights),
ground cloth, small tent (optional), air mattress or foam
pad, towels, toilet articles, small first aid kit, sun screen,
insect repellent, clothes for field (including hat, field
boots, warm jacket and rain gear) and classroom (laundromats
occasionally available during the trip), and water
bottle for drinking water. SANDALS AND OPEN-TOED
SHOES ARE NOT PERMITTED FOR FIELD WORK. Luggage
limited to: 1 suitcase or duffel bag, 1 day pack, sleeping
bag, pad, tent, camera case.
Course Costs:
| Transportation |
$200.00† |
| Books, supplies, etc. |
50.00 |
Tuition and registration
fee
(Summer Session Students only) |
Summer Session
Web Site |
Living Costs *:
| Campground/lodging fees
|
150.00# |
| On tour-community meals |
150.00# |
All other meals on tour
in restaurants
or prepared as small group meals, at
discretion of student at own cost |
Variable |
| Student Health |
Charge basis at UCD Student
Health Center |
† Due and payable at the beginning
of the course. Make checks payable to the Regents of the
University of California.
* While in Davis, out-of-towners can usually make arrangements
to stay with others in the class. Otherwise, make reservations
at a local motel (See www.usa-lodging.com/motels/califn/Davis.htm
for more information).
# Required from all participants on the trip. Payable to
Class Treasurer at beginning of course.
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