Working Groups

We would like to inform you about current status of Paleopedology Commission's Working Groups. People, interested in WG activities,please, submit your concerns. What do you think is needed? What are you willing to do? Those who did not, please, inform us, if you have an interest in the specific working Group activity. Your names and addresses would be forwarded to Working Groups Chairmen for direct communication.

Number	Working Group	Chairman	Address
1	Definitions and terminology	J.A. Catt	IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL52JQ, England, Fax: (0582) 760-981, E-Mail:john.catt@bbsrc.ac.uk
2	Classification of Paleosols	W.D. Nettleton	USDA-SCS2528 B ST Lincoln, NE68502, USA e-mail: dnettleton@gw.nssc.nrcs.usda.gov
3	Methods of field and laboratory study	R. Kemp	Royal Holloway University - London, Dept of Geography, Egham, Surrey TW20 OEX, Great Britain, Fax: +0784-472836, e-mail: r.kemp@rhbnc.ac.uk
4	Pedostratigraphy	R. Morrison	Morrison & Associates, 13150 West 9th Avenue, 80401-4201 Golden, Co, USA
5	Paleoseismic activity and paleopedology	B. Van Vliet-Lanoe	Geosciences, Universite de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes cedex, France Tel.: (33) 99 28 69 10 Fax: (33) 99 28 61 00 e-mail: Brigitte.Van-Vliet-Lanoe@univ-rennes1.fr
6	Alluvial pedogenesis	Whitney Autin	La Geological Survey, Institute for Environmental Studies, Lousiana State University, Baton Rouge, La 70803, USA
7	Dating of paleosols	L.Zoeller	University of Bonn, Germany
8	Paleosols and Paleoclimatic Change in Eastern and Central Asia (PPCECA)"	X.M. Fang	Dept of Geography, University of Lanzhou, 216 Tianshui Road, Gansu, 730000, Lanzhou P.R.China, e-mail: fangxm@lz.edu.cn, Fax: +0931-8885076
9	Inter-American group on Paleopedology	M. Singer, R. Morrison	Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, 95616 Ca, USA e-mail: mjsinger@ucdavis.edu R. Morrison: see above
10	Geoarchaeology	E. A. Bettis	IDNR-Geological Survey Bureau 109 Trowbridge Hall Iowa City, IA 52242 USA, e-mail:abettis@gsbth-po.igsb.uiowa.edu, Tel: (319)-335-1578, Fax: (319)-335-2754
11	Magnetic susceptibility in paleosols	Dr. Birgit Terhorst	Institute of Geography Hoelderlinstr.12 D-72074 Tuebingen/Germany birgit.terhorst@uni-tuebingen.de Tel. +7071-2978940ааа Fax. +7071-295318
12	Latin-American Group on Paleopedology	Dr. Martin Iriondo Secretary Elizabeth Solleiro	CONICET - FICH (UNL) CC.487 (3100) Parana ARGENTINA Phone: +54-342-4575243 Fax: +54-342-4575224 e-mail:rniriond@alpha.arcride.edu.ar Instituto de Geologia, UNAM, Cd. Universitaria, Del. Coyoacan C.P. 04510, D.F. MEXICO fax: +5255-56-224317 e-mail: sollleiro@geologia.unam.mx http://geologia.igeolcu.unam.mx/Paleosuelos/Grupo_de_Paleosuelos.html

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