EGU 2012 in Vienna, Austria, 22-27 April 2012
We 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. With this session we wish to bring together scientists from different sub-disciplines who are working on any aspect of micro- to meter-scale biogeochemical processes with a special focus on soils. A special interest lays on the combination of different analytical techniques and the up-scaling by technical and statistical approaches.
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.
The deadline for abstract submission is the 17th of January 2012. Those authors that need financial support should upload their abstract by the 15th of December 2011 and click on the right button/box during the submission process. Only a few candidates will get the fellowship, but it is worth applying for, as there is no other effort than submitting the abstract before 15th of December and clicking a button.
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2012/sessionprogramme/SSS
By the 13th of February 2012 you will receive notice of acceptance and by the 12th of March 2012 you will receive the letter of schedule.
We are looking forward to you contribution and to see you in Vienna next year.
The organizers
Carsten W. Müller, Markus Steffens & Raphael Viscarra Rossel
