Incorporation of Soil Coring Equipment into Five Departments at Memphis State University and Rhodes College

将土壤取芯设备纳入孟菲斯州立大学和罗德学院的五个系

• 批准号: 9251918
• 负责人: Scott Kirsch
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of Memphis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-06-01 至 1994-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9251918&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Incorporation; Soil; Coring; Equipment; into

A soil coring rig is being used to core surficial materials to a depth of 25 feet or greater, increasing students' exposure to a wide range of material only accessible through study of intact soil cores. The easily extracted cores allow students to map subsurface paleotopography, ascertain bulk density, particle size over depth and soil structure over depth, do stratigraphic correlations, describe soil horizonation, ascertain the extent of cultural overburden, and relate soil properties to rooting depth for trees and other plants. This equipment is shared by five departments at Memphis State University and Rhodes College.

一台土壤取心钻机被用来为25英尺或更深的表面材料取芯，这增加了学生接触到只有通过研究完整的土壤岩心才能接触到的广泛材料。这些容易提取的岩心使学生能够绘制地下古地形图，确定体积密度、深度上的颗粒大小和深度上的土壤结构，进行地层对比，描述土壤水平，确定文化覆盖的程度，并将土壤特性与树木和其他植物的生根深度联系起来。这些设备由孟菲斯州立大学和罗兹学院的五个系共享。