Robert C. Graham
Robert C. Graham
Professor of Soil Mineralogy
Academic Degrees:
- Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1986
- M.S., Utah State University, 1982
- B.S., University of California, Davis, 1976
Specialization:
- Weathering, properties, and behavior of soil minerals
- Soil genesis
- Pedologic processes
- Ecosystem roles of soils and weathered bedrock
- Wildland soils
- San Dimas Experimental Forest
Research Group:
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Graduate Students
- Nicole Pietrasiak (Ph.D., Soil and Water Sciences program)
- Judy Turk (Ph.D., Soil and Water Sciences program)
Rates of soil development and soil organic carbon accumulation at a forested debris flow chronosequence in southern California. more...
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Other
- Juanita Frisbie - Laboratory Helper
Representative Publications:
- Bornyasz, M.A., R.C. Graham, and M.F. Allen. 2005. Ectomycorrhizae in a soil-weathered granitic bedrock regolith: Linking matrix resources to plants. Geoderma 126:141-160.
- Enloe, H.A., R.C. Graham, and S.C. Sillett. 2006. Arboreal Histosols in old-growth redwood forest canopies, northern California. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. 70:408-418.
- Graham, R.C., D.R. Hirmas, Y.A. Wood, and C. Amrhein. 2008. Large near-surface nitrate pools in soils capped by desert pavement in the Mojave Desert, California. Geology 36:259-262.
- Rossi, A.M., D.R. Hirmas, R.C. Graham, and P.D. Sternberg. 2008. Bulk density determination by automated three-dimensional laser scanning. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 72:1591-1593.
- Turk, J.K., B.R. Goforth, R.C. Graham, and K.J. Kendrick. 2008. Soil morphology of a debris flow chronosequence in a coniferous forest, southern California, USA. Geoderma 146:157-165.
Courses Taught:
- SWSC/ENSC/GEO 138 - Soil Morphology & Classification
- SWSC 213 - Soil Mineralogy
- SWSC 213L - Soil Mineralogy Laboratory
- SWSC 226 - Soil Geomorphology
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