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Lesson Outline 4.0 - Credits and Tips 4.1 - Introduction 4.2 - Soil Forming Processes 4.3 - Soil Profiles and Horizons 4.4 - Soil Horizon Development Over Time

Soil Genesis and Development, Lesson 4 - Soil Profile Development Rate Me 1 2 3 4 5 This lesson discusses the processes controlling soil formation and how these processes relate to the characteristics of a soil profile. 4.0 - Credits and Tips Ron Reuter Assistant Professor of Natural Resources Department of Crop and Soil Science Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA   Lesson Navigation Tips: Lessons begin with one or more goals for learning and specific learning objectives.  Reading these goals and objectives should help you prepare to learn the material. Lessons use a variety of materials – text, graphics, animations, presentations, and interactive questions – to help you learn.  Careful review of all these materials is recommended. The navigation bar on the left of the screen facilitates movement within the lesson, simply click on the section of interest.  To move to a different lesson within this set, click on Soil Genesis and Development.  Click on highlighted words within the text to view a definition, image, or additional information that correlates with this lesson. Click once on images to see enlarged versions. Click on image icons to view animations. The Quiz links found on the final unit of this lesson are not active.  This lesson uses an interactive approach, embedding questions in each section rather than a quiz. Other interactive on-line lessons pertaining to soil genesis and development can be accessed by clicking on the “Soil Genesis and Development” link under “Explore by Topic'. This lesson was developed by Martha Mamo, Timothy Kettler, and Dennis McCallister at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Jim Ippolito  Research Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS-NWISRL, Kimberly, Idaho, formerly at Colorado State University Ron Reuter  ResearchSoil Scientist, USDA-ARS-NWISRL, Kimberly, Idaho, formerly at Colorado State University; Christoph Geiss at Trinity College-Connecticut; and William Zanner at the University of Minnesota. Development of this lesson was supported by the National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program (NSF-CCLI), Award Number DUE-0042603. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of NSF. Comments Be the first to write a comment... Add Comment

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