Recent Pedology Publications (1998-Present)

 

Refereed Papers:

 

Morris, M.W., J.T.Ammons, M.E. Timpson, and J.E. Foss. 2003. A Pedological Investigation and Soil Survey of the Kavousi Region of Crete. Soil Survey Horizons. Vol.44, No.2. p 43-57.

 

Wells, G.R., H.A. Fribourgh, S.E. Schlarbaum, J.T. Ammmons and D.G. Hodges. 2003. Alternative Land Uses for Marginal Soils. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 58:1:73-81.

 

Freeland, R.S., R.E. Yoder, J.T. Ammons, L.L. Leonard. 2002. Integration of Real-Time Global Positioning with Ground –Penetrating Radar Surveys. Applied Engineering in Agriculture Vol. 18(5): 647-650.

 

Procenco, E.P, J.T. Ammons, A.P. Procenco, T.V. Karpinets. 2002. Changes in Soil Ecology on the North of West Siberia as a result of Gas Extraction. 17th World Congress of Soils, Bangkok, Thailand. Paper no.543. P 543-1 to 543-9.

 

Raley, K.D., J.T. Ammons, R.R.P. Noble, D.J. Inman, I.I. Vassenev. 2002. A Comparison of Two Loessial Soils Found in Kursk, Russia and the Southern United States. 17th World Congress of Soils, Bangkok, Thailand. Paper no.1053. P 543-1 to 543-9.

 

Boiko, O.S., Vasenev I.I., Ammons J., Noble* R.2002.  Analysis of mineralogical features of morphogenetic horizons of leached chernozems by means of petrochemical calculations. 2002. In Proceedings of International Scientific and Practical Conference "Modern Problems of Agriculture and

Ecology", Kursk, Russia. 10-12 September 2002, p. 267-270 (In Russian).

 

Inman, D.J., R.S. Freeland J.T. Ammons, L.L. Leonard, and R.E. Yoder.2002. Soil Investigations Using EMI and GPR in Southwest Tennessee. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66:206-211.

 

Freeland, R.S., J.L. Branson, L.L. Leonard, and J.T. Ammons. 2001.Surveying perched water on anthropogenic soils using non-intrusive imagery. Transactions of the ASAE..  Volume 44 (6). 1955-1963.

 

Morris, M.W., J.T.Ammons, M.E. Timpson, and J.E. Foss. 2001. A Pedological Investigation and Soil Survey of the Kavousi Region of Crete. Soil Survey Horizons. Vol. 44 (2). P. 43-57.

 

Yoder, R.E., R.S. Freeland, J.T. Ammons, and L.L. Leonard. 2001. Mapping agricultural fields with GPR and EMI to identify offsite movement of agrochemicals.Journal of Applied Geophysics 47 (2001). P. 251-259.

 

Inman, D.J., R.S. Freeland J.T. Ammons, L.L. Leonard, and R.E. Yoder.2001. Soil Investigations using EMI and GPR in Southwest Tennessee. Soil Science Society of America Journal. Vol. 66: 206-211.

 

Inman, D.J., R.S. Freeland, R.E. Yoder, J.T. Ammons, and L.L. Leonard. 2001. Evaluating GPR and EMI for morphological studies of loessial soils . Soil Science, Vol.166, no.9.p 622-630.

 

Abbott, D.E., M.E. Essington, M.D. Mullen, and J.T. Ammons. 2001. Fly Ash and Lime-Stabilized Sewage Sludge Mixtures in Mine Spoil Reclamation: Simulated Weathering. Journal of Environmental Quality. Volume 30, no. 2. p 608-616.

 

Foss, J.E., Timpson,M.E., Lee, S.Y. Ammons, J.T.  2001. Palesols of Pompeii Area. In The Natural History of Pompeii and Other Vesuvian Sites. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK. p. 64-80.

 

Sencindiver, J.C. and J.T. Ammons. 2000. Minesoil Genesis and Classification. R.I. Barnhisel, W.L. Daniels, and R.G. Darmondy (eds.). In Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands. Agronomy Monograph  Monograph No. 41. ASA, Madison WI.  pp. 595-613.

 

Ammons, T. and I.I. Vassenev. 2000. Prospects of Diagnostics of the Chernozems Agrogenic Degradation with Use of Russian and USA Taxonomy Systems. p.363-388. In A.P. Scherbakov and I.I. Vassenev (eds.) Anthropogeneous Evolution of Chernozems. Voronezh, Russia.

 

Branson, J. L., T. E. Cook, J. T. Ammons, and V. C. Stevens. 2000. Soil Fertility Assessment From Initial Chemical Analyses of Copper Mine Tailings, Ducktown, Tennessee. ASSMR Proceedings, Tampa, FL.  p.520-528.

 

Ammons, J. T., R.R.P. Noble, J.L. Branson,and.D.S. Walker. 2000. Selected Chemical Characterization of Five Minesoil Profiles in Australia. Implications for future land Use. 2000 ASSMR Proceedings, Tampa, FL. p. 568-573.

 

Cook, T. E., J. T. Ammons, J. L. Branson, D. S. Walker, V. C. Stevens, and D. J. Inman. 2000. Copper Mine Tailings Reclamation near Ducktown, Tennessee. 2000 ASSMR Proceedings, Tampa, FL.  p. 529-536.

 

Stevens, V. C., J. T. Ammons, J. L. Branson, T. E. Cook, and D. J. Inman. 2000. Chemical and Physical Characteristics of Anthropogenic Hydric Soils on Mine Tailings in the Copper Basin, Tennessee. 2000 ASSMR Proceedings, Tampa, FL.  p.537-545.

 

Yoder, R. E., R. S. Freeland, J. T. Ammons, and L. L. Leonard.  2000.  Mapping Agricultural Fields With GPR and EMI to Predict Offsite Movement of Agrochemicals.  In Proceedings: Eighth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, D. Noon, G. Stickley, and D. Longstaff, editors, SPIE Vol. 4084 (2000).  GPR 2000, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, May 23-26.  pp. 20-25.

 

Freeland, R.S., R.E. Yoder, and J.T. Ammons. 1998. Mapping Shallow Underground Features that Influence Crop Production and Contaminant Transport. Journal of Applied Geophysics-Special Issue of GPR ‘96. Elsevier Science B.V.

 

Freeland, R.S., J.C. Reagan, R.T. Burnes, and J.T. Ammons. 1998. Sensing Perched Water Using Groung Penetrating Radar— a Critical Methodology Examination Applied Engineering.

 

Khiel, A.R., and J.T. Ammons. 1998. Origins of Ancient Alluvium on the Eastern Highland Rim in Tennessee. Soil Survey Horizons. Volume 39.Number 3. P.69-74.

 

Phillips, D.H., J.T. Ammons, D.A. Lietzke, and S.Y. Lee. 1998. Deep Weathering of Calcareous Sedimentary Rock and the Redistribution of Iron and Manganese in Soil and Saprolite. Soil Science. 163:71-81.

 

Books:

 

Foss, J.E., M.E. Timpson, J.T. Ammons, S.Y. Lee. 2002. Palesols of Pompeii (Ch.5). In: The Natural History of Pompeii. Wilhelmina F. Jashemski and Frederick G. Meyer (EDS). Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK. P64-80.

 

Ammons, J.T. and I.I. Vassenev.  2000. Prospects of Diagnostics of the Chernozems Agrogenic Degradation with Use of Russian and USA Taxonomic Systems (Ch. 14). P. 363-388. In A.P. Scherbakov and I.I. Vassenev (eds.) Anthropogeneous Evolution of Chernozems. Voronezh, Russia.

 

Sencindiver, J.C. and J.T. Ammons. 2000. Minesoil Genesis and Classification(Ch. 23). R.I. Barnhisel, W.L. Daniels, and R.G. Darmondy (eds.). In Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands. Agronomy Monograph  Monograph No. 41. ASA, Madison WI.  pp. 595-613.

 

Technical Publications:

 

Phillips, D.H., S.Y. Lee, J.E. Foss, J.T. Ammons. 2000. Micromorphology: Bridging the Gap Between Soil Science and Other Disciplines. Research Report 00-07. Department of Plant and Soil Sciences. Institute of Agriculture, The University of Tennessee.pp. 11.

 

Freeland, R.S., R.E. Yoder, J.T. Ammons, and D.J. Inman. 2001.Subsurface imaging of dynamic waterborne contaminant flow using ground-penetrating radar. ASAE Paper and Poster. Paper No. 01-3100. July 29-August 1, ASAE Meeting, Sacramento, CA.

 

Freeland, R.S., R.E. Yoder, and J.T. Ammons. 2001. Subsurface Mapping of Loessial Soils using Ground-penetrating Radar. Paper No. 01-TN100. ASAE Annual State Section Meeting. May 17-18, 2001. Combined KY and TN

Sections. Cumberland Falls State Park, Corbin, Kentucky, USA

 

Branson, J. L., J. T. Ammons, R. S. Freeland, L. L. Leonard, V. C.Stevens, D. S. Walker, and R. E. Yoder. 2000. Application of non-intrusive imaging in mapping perched water on reclaimed lands. ASAE Paper 00TN105. Presented

and distributed at 2000 Tennessee ASAE State Section Meeting, Martin, TN. May 23, 2000.

 

Leonard, L .L., R. S. Freeland, R. E. Yoder, J. B. Wilkerson, and J. T. Ammons.  2000.  Non-Intrusive Mapping of Subsurface Hydrological Features Beneath Agricultural Production Fields Using Vehicle-Mounted Instrumentation.  Tenth Tennessee Water Resources Symposium, Montgomery Bell State Park, TN, April 10-12.

 

Leonard, L.L., R.S. Freeland, R.E. Yoder, J.B. Wilkerson, J.T.Ammons,  and D.D. Tyler. 1999.  Predicting water movement on Tennessee Coastal  Plains using electromagnetic induction and ground-penetrating-radar. ASAE Paper No. 993177.  Presented and distributed at the 1999 ASAE  Annual International Meeting, Sheraton Centre Hotel.Toronto,  Ontario, Canada.  July 18-22.

 

Ammons,J.T., L.T. West, and J.N. Shaw.1999. Report to the National Soil Survey Work Planning Conference, South Region. National Cooperative Soil Survey Conference Proceedings. USDA-NRCS. Washington, DC. P.75-83.

 

Freeland, R.S., J.D. Bouldin, R.E. Yoder, D.D. Tyler, and J.T. Ammons.1999. Use of Ground-Penetrating Radar to Map Soil Features that Influence Water Content. Engineering Principles For Conservation Croping Systems. Southern Cooperative Series Bullentin no. 392.

 

Ammons, J. T., R. J. Luxmoore, and R. E. Yoder.  1999.  MLRA 123. p. 179-187. In H. Don Scott (ed.) Water and Chemical Transport in Soils of the Southeastern United States, Classifying Soils for Solute Transport as Effected by Soil Properties and Landscape Position. Special Report 197. Arkansas Experiment Station. Fayetteville, Arkansas.

 

Ammons, J. T., R. J. Luxmoore, and R. E. Yoder.  1999.  MLRA 128. p. 193-209. In H. Don Scott (ed.) Water and Chemical Transport in Soils of the Southeastern United States, Classifying Soils for Solute Transport as Effected by Soil Properties and Landscape Position. Special Report 197. Arkansas Experiment Station. Fayetteville, Arkansas.

 

Ammons, J. T., R. J. Luxmoore, and R. E. Yoder.  1999.  MLRA 125. p. 187-193. In H. Don Scott (ed.) Water and Chemical Transport in Soils of the Southeastern United States, Classifying Soils for Solute Transport as Effected by Soil Properties and Landscape Position. Special Report 197. Arkansas Experiment Station. Fayetteville, Arkansas.

 

Yoder, R.R, D.C. Yoder, C.R. Mote, M.E. Essington, J.T. Ammons, T.C. Mueller, and D.D. Tyler. 1998. Subsurface Water Movement on an Agriculture Watershed. In Proceedings of ASCE 1998 International Water Resources Engineering Conference.

 

Research Reports:

 

Ammons, J.T., R.S. Freeland, R.E. Yoder, R.C. Wilson, M.K. Marks, and M.L. Miller. 2001. Soil Evaluation of the University  of Tennessee Forensic Research Plots. Contract Report R11-11-1416005-01. Bechtel Nevada Corporation.

 

Branson, J.L., J.T. Ammons, D. S. Walker, V.C. Stevens, T.E. Cook. 2001. Rehabilitation Studies on Soil materials Originating from Mine Tailings and Spoils, Copper Basin, Tennessee. Final Report, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Glenn Springs Holdins, INC., Lexington, KY. pp.250.

 

Branson, J.L., J.T. Ammons, D. S. Walker, V.C. Stevens, T.E. Cook. 2001. Soil Survey  of Copper Mine Tailings Soils and Native Soils in Ducktown, Tennessee. Final Report, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Glenn Springs Holdings INC., Lexington, KY.

 

Yoder, R.E., R.L. Freeland, J.T. Ammons. 2001. Predicting Offsite Subsurface Migration of Agrochemicals-Noninvasive Surveying. NRI Grant number 99-35102-8273.

 

Yoder, R.E., R.L. Freeland, J.T. Ammons. 2000. Predicting Offsite Subsurface Migration of Agrochemicals-Noninvasive Surveying. NRI Grant number 99-35102-8273.

 

Branson, J.L., J.T. Ammons, D.S. Walker, V.C. Stevens, and T.E. Cook. 1999. Rehabilitation Study on Soil Materials Originating from Mine Tailings and Spoils, Copper Basin, Tennessee. Annual Report to Glenn Springs Holdings, INC. pp. 87.

 

Published  Abstracts:

 

Branson, J.L., J.T. Ammons, D.S. Walker. 2002. Soil Genesis on Severely Eroded Landscapes in the Copper Basin, Tennessee. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI (CD-ROM).

 

Procenco, E.P, J.T. Ammons, A.P. Procenco, T.V. Karpinets. 2002. Changes in Soil Ecology on the North of West Siberia as a result of Gas Extraction. 17th World Congress of Soils, Bangkok, Thailand. Symposium No.18.P.716.

 

Raley, K.D., J.T. Ammons, R.R.P. Noble, D.J. Inman, I.I. Vassenev. 2002. A Comparison of Two Loessial Soils Found in Kursk, Russia and the Southern United States. 17th World Congress of Soils, Bangkok, Thailand. Symposium No. 21. P.837.

 

Noble, R.R.P., J.T. Ammons, I.I. Vassenev, K.D. Raley. 2002.A comparison of Russian and U.S.Soil Classification on Selected Chernozems of the Kursk Oblast, Russia. In agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI (CD-ROM).

 

Hartman, B.A., J.T. Ammons, N.T. Hartgrove. 2002. A new Proposal for Classifying Anthropogenic Soils. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI. (CD-ROM).

 

Raley, K.D., J.T. Ammons, R.R.P. Noble, R.C. Wilson. 2002. The assessment of Traditional Soil Classification Techniques verses Ground Penetrating Radar and Electromagnetic Inductance at Two Separate Sites on the Southern Mississippi Silty Uplands. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI (CD-ROM).

 

Noble, R.R.P, I.I. Vassenev, J.T. Ammons, K.D. Raley. 2001.Soil Chemical Characterization of Protected Chernozems for Future Risk Assessment. In Functions of Soils in the Geosphere-Biosphere Systems: Materials of the International Symposium. Moscow, Russian Federation. P. 209-210.

 

Vassenev, I.I. T. Ammons, R.R.P. Noble. 2001. Interpretation of the Middle-Tempeoral Dynamics of the Fluvio-Technogenic Sediments Based on the Morphogenetic Analysis of Their Pedo-Lithogono Profiles. In Functions of Soils in the Geosphere-Biosphere Systems: Materials of the International Symposium. Moscow, Russian Federation. P.275.

 

Karpinets T.V., Ammons J.T. 2001. Cesium blocking technique for decreasing its availability for plant. In Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements. Guelph, Ontario, Canada, p. 481.

 

Raley, K.D., J.T. Ammons, R.R.P. Noble, D.E. Smith, R.L. Livingston. 2001. A Comparsion of Physical and Chemical Characteristices in Two Soils on the Humbolt Terrace, West TN. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI (CD-ROM).

 

Ammons, J.T., R.R.P. Noble, K.D. Raley, M. Ma.2001. An Investigations of Two Soil Profiles related to Landslips: Thorpdale, Australia. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI (CD-ROM).

 

Boiko, O.S., I.I. Vassenev, T. Ammons, R.R.P. Noble. 2001. Lithopogenous Variability of Chernozems’ Morphogenetic, Taxonomic, Geochemical and Ecological Features. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI (CD-ROM).

 

Hartgrove, N.T., D.L. Newton, J.T. Ammons. 2001. Influences of Agricultural Use on Properties and Taxonomic Class of Some Tennessee Soils. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI (CD-ROM).

 

Noble, R.R.P., I.I. Vassenev, J.T. Ammons, K.D. Raley. 2001. The Genesis and Classification of Three Chernozem Soil Profiles in the Kursk Oblast, Russia. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI (CD-ROM).

 

Ammons, J. T., J. L. Branson, D. E. Smith, V. C. Stevens, T. E. Cook. 1999. Investigation, Characterization, and Classification of Four Minesoil Profiles, Queensland, Australia. p. 266.  In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA Madison, WI.

 

Cook, T. E., J. T. Ammons, J. L. Branson, D. Walker, V. C. Stevens, and D. J. Inman. 1999. Soil Classification of Four Pedons in Copper Mine Tailings from Copperhill, Tennessee. p. 265. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA Madison, WI.

 

Inman, D. J., J. T. Ammons, R. L. Livingston, and J. L. Branson. 1999. Physical and Chemical Characterization of a Water Quality Monitoring Site in South West Tennessee. p. 265. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA Madison, WI.

 

Stevens, V. C., J. T. Ammons, J. L. Branson, T. E. Cook,  and D. J. Inman. 1999. Soil Genesis and Classification of Hydric and Non-hydric Soils in Mine Soils in the Copper Basin, Tennessee. p. 265.  In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA Madison, WI.

 

Boyce, M.J.,  J.T. Ammons, and L.T. West. 1999. Correlation of Soil Morphology and Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Measurements in the Hard Labor Soil Series. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison WI. P. 271.

 

Branson, J.L, J.T. Ammons,M.E. Timpson, M.W. Morris, R.L. Livingston, A.O. Gallagher, and S.E. Gaither. 1998. Parent Material Differences in Soils of the Maryville Geological Formation in East Tennessee. In Agronomy Abstract, ASA, Madison, WI.p.267.

 

Phillips, D.H., J.E. Foss, J.T. Ammons, C.A. Stiles, J.S. Wah, and J.L. Branson. 1998. Pedogenesis of a Loess Derived Soil from the Eastern Highland Rim in Tennessee. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI. P.269.

 

Branson, J.L. and J.T. Ammons. 1998. Kandic Horizon Identification Properties on the Copper Ridge Formation in East Tennessee. Abstracts of Technical Papers, Southern ASA. P.6

 

Smith, D.E., J.T. Ammons, and J.L. Branson. 1998. An Investigation of Soils Forming on the Humbolt terrace in Western Tennessee. Abstracts of Technical Papers, Southern ASA. P.6.

 

Ammons, J.T., P.E. Bock, D.E. Smith, J.L. Branson, and A. Brown. 1998. Soil Genesis Related to Land Form and Geology on Grasstree Hill, Victoria, Australia. Abstracts of Technical Papers, Southern ASA. P.12.

Graduate Theses:

Raley, Kevin. 2003. Identificatiion of Subsurface Features that Affect Offsite Movement of Waterbourne Contaminants through the Use Soil Classification\Mapping Techniques, Electromagnetic Inductance (EM) and Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR). M.S. Thesis. The University of Tennessee.

 

Ryan R.P. Noble.  2002.  The characterization, genesis, and classification of six selected soil profiles of the Kursk Oblast, Russia.  M.S. thesis.  The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

 

Hartman, B.A. 2001. Classification and Comparison of Insitu and Anthropogenic Soil Profiles Using Proposed Amendments to Soil Taxonomy and the Unified Soil Classification System in Knox County, TN. M.S. Thesis. The University of Tennessee.

 

Cook, Thomas E. 2000. Revegtation of Copper Mine Tailings in the Copper Basin, Tennessee. M.S. Thesis. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

 

Stevens, Vanessa Catherine. 2000. Delineating Anthropogenic Hydric Soils on Mine Tailings in the Copper Basin, Tennessee for Classification and Use. M.S. Thesis. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

 

Inman, Daniel Joseph II. 2000. Relative Effficacies of GPR and EM-31 Compared to Traditional Soil Investigation Techniques on a Loess/Tertiary Deposits in Southwest Tennessee. M.S. Thesis. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

 

Boyce, M.J.. 1998. Characterization of Mineralogy and Permeability of the Proposed Hard Labor Soil Series (fine, kaolinitic , thermic Oxyaquic Kanhapludults). M.S. Thesis. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

 

Branson, J.L. 1998, Soil Genesis and Classification in the Whiteoak Mountain Fault Block in East Tennessee. Ph.D. Dissertation. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

 

Smith, D.E. 1998. A Geomorphological Investigation of Soils Forming on the Humbolt Terrace in Western Tennessee. M.S. Thesis. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

 

 

 

 


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