Dear Colleague,
we like to cordially invite you to submit abstracts to the *session
*"From micro- to mesoscale, new analytical tools in soil system
research" *(Soil System Science 1.7 / Biogeoscience 2.23) *which will be
organized in the frame of the EGU 2012 in Vienna, Austria, 22 - 27 April
2012.
The deadline for abstract submission is January 17th 2012.
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From micro- to mesoscale, new analytical tools in soil system research
Soils are structurally heterogeneous across a wide range of spatial and
temporal scales. Processes controlling the stabilization of soil organic
matter or the sorption of nutrients and pollutants take place at
submicron scales on mineral surfaces but also within soil aggregates. At
the same time these micro-scale processes determine physical and
chemical processes at larger scales up to the pedon and plot scale. In
the last years, several new analytical techniques were established in
soil science, reaching from the micro- to the meso-scale (e.g. AFM,
Microtomography, MRI, NanoSIMS, TOF-SIMS, MALDI-TOF imaging, confocal
Ramann microscopy, XANES, XPS, FTIR). These techniques enable the
linkage between different spatial scales and can facilitate precise up-
and downscaling between these different scales. They will significantly
improve the understanding of many soil processes of different
complexity, reaching from organo-mineral interactions studied in batch
experiments up to hydrological phenomena and plant-soil interactions
studied at the plot level.
We invite contributions with a special focus on novel analytical
approaches covering the micrometer- up to the meter- scale reaching from
compositional imaging to three dimensional techniques to resolve spatial
and temporal phenomena in natural soil samples. We also cordially invite
contributions on statistical and geostatistical studies about up- and
downscaling of results to other scales.
<http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2012/sessionprogramme/SSS>
Information on the session can be found on:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2012/session/9990
We are looking forward to you contribution and to see you in Vienna.
Best wishes, Carsten W. Müller, Markus Steffens & Raphael Viscarra Rossel
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Dr. Carsten W. Mueller
TU München
Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde
Emil-Ramann Strasse 2
(former: Am Hochanger 2)
85354 Freising
Germany
FON: +49(0)8161-71-4423
FAX: +49(0)8161-71-4466
http://www.soil-science.com/
http://www.soil-science.com/nanosims/
