SCSB# 395
Water and Chemical Transport in Soils of the Southeastern USA

H.D. Scott, Editor


Abstract

The persistence and movement of chemicals after application to a land surface in the southern region of the United States are influenced by geography, geology, climate, landuse/landcover, soil factors, chemical factors, and management factors. Relationships among these factors are grouped according to the major land resource areas (MLRA). An MLRA is a geographic associated land resource area that is characterized by particular patterns of soils, climate, water resources, and landuse. Factors that affect the transport of water and chemicals after application to a land surface in the southern region are described with emphasis on soil factors within an MLRA. Examples are presented of the persistence and movement of water and tracer chemicals in the dominant soils within an MLRA.
 



TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.
Foreword
Cooperating Agencies and Principle Leaders
Dedication
Acknowledgements
H.D. Scott
II.
Geologic History of the Southern United States and Its Effects on Soils of the Region
M.J. Guccione 
D.L. Zachary
III.
Climate
R. Zartman
R. Luxmoore
B. Hargrove
IV.
Major Land Resource Areas
H.D. Scott 
J.M. McKimmey
V.
Landuse and Landcover of the Southeastern United States
H.D. Scott
J.M. McKimmey
VI.
Soils and Landscapes in the Southern Region
L.T. West
VII.
Flow and Transport Processes
G.V. Wilson
H.M. Selim
J.H. Dane
VIII.
Examples of Water and Chemical Transport in Soils in the Southern Region
H.D. Scott
A. Western Range and Irrigated
R.E. Zartman
B.L. Allen
B. Central Great Plains Winter Wheat and Range Region
R.E. Zartman
B.L. Allen
J. Wu
D.L. Nofziger
C. Southwestern Prairies Cotton and Forage Region
C.L. Munster
R.L. Rhykerd
C.L. Munster
R.L. Rhykerd
D. East and Central Farming and Forest Region
H.D. Scott
L.B. Ward
E. Perfect
G. Haszler
E. Perfect
T. Karathanasis
G. Haszler
J.T. Ammons
R.E. Yoder
R.J. Luxmoore
J.T. Ammons
R.E. Yoder
R.J. Luxmoore
J.T. Ammons
R.J. Luxmoore
R.E. Yoder
B.F. Hajek
J. Dane
E. South Atlantic and Gulf Slope Cash Crops, Forest, and Livestock Region
R.K. Hubbard
D.E. Radcliffe
K. Cassel
J. Hook
J. Dane
H.D. Scott
L.B. Ward
B.F. Hajek
J. Dane
D.E. Radcliffe
L.T. West
D.K. Cassel
F. Mississippi Delta and Feed Grains Region
H.D. Scott
H.M. Selim
J.M. McKimmey
H.D. Scott
H.M. Selim
A.B. Johnson
G. Atlantic and Gulf Coast Lowland Forest and Crop Region
C.L. Munster
R.L. Rhykerd
D.K. Cassel
J.E. Hook
IX.
Relationships Between Soil Properties and Chemical Transport in Landscapes of the Southeastern United States
D.L. Nofziger 
H.D Scott 
T.H. Udouj
Internet Supplement: Overview of Major Land Resource Areas in Southern Region from USDA Publication D.L. Nofziger


This bulletin from Regional Project S-257 included researchers from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. It is being electronically published with the approval of the Directors of the Southern Agricultural Experiment Stations. Under the procedure of coooperative publications, it becomes in effect, a separate publication for each of the cooperating stations listed.

Reports of all Southern Region Agricultural Experiment Stations serve people of all ages, socio-economic levels, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, and the handicapped.

Electronic Document Prepared by:
David L. Nofziger, Professor
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
January 2000




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Electronic Document Prepared by: D.L. Nofziger,  Professor
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University
Email address: david.nofziger@okstate.edu