SSS – Soil System Sciences

Linking soil properties to landscape processes. Towards a regional prediction
Convener: B. van Wesemael  | Co-Conveners: T. Vanwalleghem , K. Van Oost 
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Soil organic matter, soil management systems, and pesticide fate
Convener: P. Burauel  | Co-Convener: Semple 
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Peatlands and the carbon cycle (co-listed)
Convener: Dr Glatzel  | Co-Convener: W. Worrall 
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Analysis and Characterization of Black Carbon in the Environment (co-listed)
Convener: M. W. I. Schmidt  | Co-Conveners: Ö. Gustafsson , J. Lehmann 
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Unsaturated zone flow and transport processes: from science to soil and water management (co-listed)
Convener: M Vanclooster  | Co-Conveners: S. Ferraris , A. Coppola 
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Digital soil mapping: novel approaches (including geophysical measurements) to the prediction of key soil properties for modelling physical processes
Convener: Carré  | Co-Conveners: H. I. Reuter , O. Cerdan , A. Vrieling 
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The molecular biogeochemical fate of terrestrial organic carbon
Convener: K. G. J. Nierop  | Co-Conveners: B. Jansen , I. D. Bull 
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Heavy-metal contamination of water, air, soil, and foodcrops (co-organized)
Convener: J. A. Holden  | Co-Conveners: B. D. Malamud , L. Li , K. Kostarelos 
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Interactions between the carbon and hydrological cycle and the climate system (co-listed)
Convener: C. Beer  | Co-Convener: M. Reichstein 
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Experimental Methods in Soil Erosion Studies
Convener: Dr. Seeger  | Co-Conveners: Prof. Quinton , N. J. Kuhn 
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Wildfire in Forest Landscapes: Desertification, Degradation, Debris Flows, & Damage Control (co-organized)
Convener: Wittenberg  | Co-Conveners: D. G. Neary , Bautista 
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Open Session on Geoscience Instrumentation (co-listed)
Convener: H. Svedhem  | Co-Conveners: A.-M. Harri , Prof. Korepanov 
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Soil-plant interactions from the rhizosphere to field scale (co-listed)
Convener: M. Javaux  | Co-Conveners: J. Vanderborght , M. van der Ploeg , N. Ursino 
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Vegetation and erosion
Convener: J. Thornes  | Co-Conveners: A. Cerdà , M.J. Kirkby , G. Govers , De alba , A. Imeson , R. L. Bras 
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Organic soils: impact of land-use change on peatlands degradation
Convener: Prof. Szajdak  | Co-Convener: T. Miano 
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Initial soil formation (including Philippe Duchaufour Medal Lecture)
Convener: Dr. Schaaf  | Co-Convener: M. A. Naeth 
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Chemical and physical monitoring of the critical zone (co-sponsored by EAG) (co-organized)
Convener: Gaillardet  | Co-Convener: N. Hovius 
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Philippe Duchaufour Medal Lecture by Fiorenzo Cesare Ugolini (co-listed)
Convener: T. Miano 
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Preferential flow as a scale problem: From pore scale up to the catchment scale
Convener: H. H. Gerke  | Co-Conveners: M. Kutilek , A. Coppola 
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Synchrotron radiation in soil and geosciences
Convener: Terzano  | Co-Conveners: Medici , Denecke 
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Soil erosion, sedimentation and the carbon cycle (co-organized)
Convener: N. J. Kuhn  | Co-Conveners: T. Hoffmann , Martínez-Mena , L.H. Cammeraat , Dr Glatzel , Jacinthe 
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The role of interfaces in flow and transport in porous media (co-listed)
Convener: P. Lehmann  | Co-Conveners: D. Or , I. Neuweiler 
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Wildfires, Weather and Climate (co-listed)
Convener: M.G. Pereira  | Co-Conveners: R. Trigo , Wotton 
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Soil erosion and geomorphology (including Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal Lecture) (co-listed)
Convener: M.J. Kirkby 
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The scale problem in soil erosion studies
Convener: A. Cerdà  | Co-Conveners: Dr. de Vente , Brazier , M. Nearing 
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Microbial functioning of rhizosphere and management of trace element contaminated soils
Convener: P Nannipieri  | Co-Conveners: Schloter , Renella 
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Soil aggregates: a concept at different spatial and temporal scales
Convener: L. P. D'Acqui  | Co-Conveners: Papadopoulos , Chenu 
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Pedogeochemical mapping of potentially toxic elements
Convener: J. Bech  | Co-Conveners: C. Pérez-Sirvent , M. J. Martinez-Sanchez 
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Denitrification in soils under field conditions - advances in quantification, controlling factors and process-based modelling
Convener: R. Well  | Co-Conveners: KBB Butterbach-Bahl , H. Flessa 
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Biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter: characterisation, distribution and ecosystem roles (co-listed)
Convener: G. Uher  | Co-Convener: A. V. Vähätalo 
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Soil system studies along climatological transects
Convener: Lavee  | Co-Conveners: A. Imeson , A. Cerdà , JD Ruiz Sinoga 
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Monitoring and Modelling for Transfer Processes in the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum (co-listed)
Convener: N. Romano  | Co-Conveners: R. Angulo-Jaramillo , Macleod 
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Solid Earth geocomplexity: surface processes, morphology and natural resources over wide ranges of scale (co-listed)
Convener: Gaonac'h  | Co-Convener: Q. Cheng 
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Significance of patchiness on landscape. A soil, vegetation and hydrological approach
Convener: D. Dunkerley  | Co-Convener: A. Cerdà 
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Integrated research in wooded rangelands of Mediterranean type climates
Convener: S. Schnabel  | Co-Conveners: Papanastasis , Huntsinger 
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Complexity and nonlinearity in soils (co-organized)
Convener: A. M. Tarquis  | Co-Conveners: E. Perrier , R. M. Lark 
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Soil erosion and sediment control with vegetation and bioengineering on severely eroded terrain
Convener: F. Rey  | Co-Conveners: H. P. Rauch , Bochet , J. Poesen 
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Soils and pedosediments as environmental archives
Convener: P. Kühn  | Co-Convener: Terhorst 
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New, original and successful ideas for teaching on Earth Sciences (co-listed)
Convener: A. Cerdà  | Co-Conveners: M. Manea , Sparrow , P. Walton 
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Treated waste water reuse for soil irrigation. Modification of soil properties
Convener: F. García-Orenes  | Co-Conveners: Lado , E. van den Elsen 
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Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy in soil science and land resource assessment
Convener: A. M. Mouazen  | Co-Conveners: Guerrero , R. Viscarra Rossel 
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Management strategies to increase water use efficiency in soils
Convener: Lado  | Co-Convener: Ben-Hur 
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Soil fauna, carbon cycle and climate change
Convener: L.H. Cammeraat  | Co-Conveners: Jurgensen , Frouz , Forschler 
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X-ray Computed Tomography in Geo-sciences: 3D visualization and quantification
Convener: Papadopoulos  | Co-Conveners: H.-J. Vogel , Carminati , Mooney 
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Tracing sediments and colloids in the environment (co-organized)
Convener: Prof. Quinton  | Co-Conveners: Michaelides , J. A. Gomez , M. Nearing 
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Soil degradation and Abandoned Lands in Mediterranean environments
Convener: L.H. Cammeraat  | Co-Conveners: JD Ruiz Sinoga , J. B. Ries 
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Large lysimeter studies for flow and transport model validation (co-listed)
Convener: W. Durner  | Co-Conveners: J. Fank , Puetz 
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Applications and new developments of magnetic resonance techniques in soil science
Convener: Conte  | Co-Conveners: A. Pohlmeier , Berns , Alonzo 
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Biogeochemical Interfaces in Soil
Convener: K. U. Totsche  | Co-Conveners: Schloter , M.H. Gerzabek , T. Rennert 
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Long-term platforms as tool for understanding biogeochemical cycles under climate change (co-organized)
Convener: Chabbi  | Co-Convener: C. Rumpel 
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African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) (co-listed)
Convener: C. Taylor  | Co-Conveners: H. Kunstmann , Janicot , B. Marticorena 
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Sediment response to catchment disturbances (co-listed)
Convener: E.L. Petticrew  | Co-Conveners: P.N. Owens , M. van der Perk 
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Soil organic matter supplies: impacts and implications
Convener: C. Ciavatta  | Co-Convener: C. Plaza 

Stability and Functions of Mountain Soils (co-listed)
Convener: C. Alewell  | Co-Convener: F. Hagedorn 
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Biogeochemistry and Soil genesis in seasonally snow-covered areas (co-listed)
Convener: M. Freppaz  | Co-Conveners: Balestrini , Zanini , G. Corti 
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Subsurface flow, solute transport, and energy processes: concepts, modelling, and observations (co-listed)
Convener: W. Durner  | Co-Convener: E. Zechner 
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Down hole Instrumentation: Technology and Applications (co-listed)
Convener: P. Gaillot  | Co-Conveners: B. Celerier , J. Kück , Davies 
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