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

一台土壤取芯钻机正在被用来取表层材料的芯， 25英尺或更大的深度，增加学生的接触， 一个广泛的材料，只有通过研究 完整的土芯 容易提取的核心可以让学生 绘制地下古地形图，确定体积密度， 粒径随深度和土壤结构随深度， 地层对比，描述土壤层位， 确定文化覆盖范围，并将土壤 属性到树木和其他植物的生根深度。 这 设备由孟菲斯州立大学的五个部门共享 大学和罗兹学院。

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.