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Determining percent soil course fragments
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Marking the different soil horizons
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Students work on a southwest facing slope, and note the weakly developed soil profile
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Field method of determing soil texture by feel
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Munsell color charts to determine the color of soil in the different soil horizons
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Recording soil horizon depth
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Visual soil horizon assessment
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Professor Zak inspects soil horizon sample
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Assessing the type of transition zone between soil horizons
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Assessing the transition zone between soil horizons, on a the bottom of a north east facing slope.
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Professor Zak explains the process of soil weathering
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A,E,B and C denote different soil horizons
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A field kit used to determine soil pH
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Top north east facing slope
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Determining soil structure
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Students observe how soil type and vegetation are linked
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Students record soil structure
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Sisi gathering bulk density samples with a bulk density soil core