Spring 2004 Soil Morphology and Classification (SWSC 138)

Examining a forest soil near Kennedy Meadows, Inyo National Forest.

Nancy, Jamie, and Tricia determine the age of a Jeffrey pine, using an increment borer to obtain a core.

Relaxing at Fish Creek Campground after a hard day's work.

Dinner is served!

Morning of the second day.

Paul and Nancy are protective of their meadow soil.

Ken Hubbert, USFS researcher, explains erosion control strategies at the site of the 2000 Manter Fire.

Angie demonstrates her soil strength in the Owens Valley. Soils at this site are relict Histosols. The marsh in which they formed disappeared when local groundwater was pumped for the LA aqueduct.

A desert friend lives in cracks in the relict Histosol.

The end of the second day, White Mountain Research Station, Bishop, CA.

Paul excavates a pit to study the soil in the Mojave Desert north of Adelanto. Note the desert pavement.

Another desert friend!

Bob Graham (Professor) and Daniel Hirmas (TA) discuss soil geomorphology amid the Mojave landscape.

Miquel, Angie, and Travis describe an Aridisol.

Group photo of the 2004 field trip participants. Left to right: Nancy Pratheepmanowong, Jamie Nichols, Angie Seyfferth, Tricia Menchaca, Susan Akers, Quint Chemnitz, Travis Randel, Bob Graham, Paul Shin, Ken Hubbert, Miquel Casas-Vaque, Daniel Hirmas, Al Hunt.