http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/ Society of Consulting Soil Scientists Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:15:53 GMT Larry F. Baldwin, CPSS/SC http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1282 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1282 Great little test. I scored 90, which is better than my college GPA. Never heard the term "teacup" effect before. Larry F. Baldwin, CPSS/Sc Land Management Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:28:26 GMT frank watts http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1281 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1281 Fellow Soil Scientists This a new soils test. How well can you do ? http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=soils-test Frank C. Watts, Pedologist, Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:12:46 GMT PhilipS http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1280 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1280 Soil changes over time. Anticipating the effects of management and environmental change is increasingly important. How best to capture that dynamic, and Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:12:23 GMT blkays http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1279 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1279 Tom, I think that it is primarily metamorphic. But, what is "natural" ? In many portions of the part the large boulders were imported into the park. Most of Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:14:45 GMT Tom Flack http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1278 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1278 If I recall correctly from walks through the park a few years back, isn't all the "natural" rock (i.e., not fill) metamorphic with glacial till? ... From: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:45:05 GMT blkays http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1277 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1277 Sid, The last great geologic epic occurred in the last great depression. We found conglomerate rocks that were quite similar to concrete. A great riff valley Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:36:41 GMT Fossjohne@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1276 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1276 Goo to hear from you. I thought we had a great team at Maryland with Fred Miller and Del Fanning. Dr. Fanning is still at Maryland (retired) and Fred is in Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:36:41 GMT Sidney Davis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1275 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1275 Very impressive Barrett!  Did you happen to notice the glacial striations on the limestone outcrops in the park? It looked to me that the glaciers were Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:36:41 GMT chandlersoil http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1274 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1274 Are you the same John Foss that was the Dept Head at UT in the late 80's early 90's? Dolores Chandler Chandler Soil Corporation 919-932-5008 From: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:52:24 GMT Paul Reynolds http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1187 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1187 We consider the biomat as an important component of the treatment system as a whole. This is the zone of "final" organic solids treatment of the effluent. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:22:12 GMT Larry F. Baldwin, CPSS/SC http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1186 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1186 BlankInteresting soils article attached, regarding current medical research for new antibiotic resistant drugs being cultivated directly from soils. If the Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:33:18 GMT Larry F. Baldwin, CPSS/SC http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1185 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1185 This is great informational exchange, regarding S and BOD wastewater. One of the benefits of being an NSCSS member is this networking among members. Learn Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:30:17 GMT Paul Brandt http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1184 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1184 Hello all again,   I have had a chance to poll some of the area experts. Jerry Tyler from U Wi, Madison did some work on Gas transfer in Septic systems.  I Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:02:37 GMT mmcclain1313@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1183 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1183 I think that you will find that it is impossible to have a septic system without a biomat in the leachfield/absorption area unless you had a long series of Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:37:47 GMT Paul Brandt http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1182 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSCSS_Members/message/1182 Hello all, I am in a large scale sewage system design class so I will ask the experts.  But hurraayy. blkays.  I have tried to get this point across in MN