Soil Characterization as a Function of Distance From the Shore

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Soil Characterization as a Function of Distance
From the Shore

• Group Members
• Tiffany McGee
• Myakka Slater
• Tiffani Smith
• Janelle Williams

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Problem/Research Question

• How do the physical characteristics of the soil
  around Lake Munson change as you move farther
  away from the shoreline?

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Hypothesis

• Our hypothesis is that pH and the other physical
  characteristics of the soil will change as we
  move farther away from the lake.
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What We Had To Do

• Marked out a 50 ft transect line from the shore
  of the lake.
• Collected a soil sample (3) at each horizon at 10
  ft intervals along this transect.

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In The Lab. . . . . . .

• Each sample was characterized with respect to
  texture and tested to determine pH and whether
  free carbonates were present.

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Data and Observations

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• The soil characteristics visibly changed with
  depth.
• The deeper soil was wet and pretty much the same
  color. It had a strong odor that wasnt present
  with the soil samples collected on the surface. 
• pH for each sample

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Texture of Soil
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Free Carbonates
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Discussion

•   We found very little change with respect to any
  of the soil characteristcs we tested.

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Conclusions

• As we moved away from the lake shoreline
• The pH overall decreased from 7 to 5.
• Soil texture changed from sand to loamy sand then
  back to sand again.
• Free carbonates were only found in the middle
  area of our transect line.