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Area of Specialization:
Dr. Rabenhorst's research interests include:
- Genesis, morphology, and classification of hydromorphic soils;
particularly non-tidal wetlands and coastal marshes
- Pedogenesis and resource inventory of subaqueous soils
- Sulfur and metal biogeochemistry in natural and constructed wetlands
- Utilization of soil micromorphology as a tool in assessing
pedogenetic processes
- Transformations and translocations of calcium carbonate in
calcareous soils
Courses
Research Projects
Education:
- B.S. in Soils, magna cum laude from
the
University of Maryland,
College Park,
MD,
1975.
- M.S. in Soil Gensis, Morphology, and Classification from
the
University of Maryland,
College Park,
MD,
1978.
- Ph.D. in Pedology from
Texas A&M University,
College Station,
TX,
1983.
Representative Publications:
Books
- Rabenhorst,
M.C., J.C. Bell, and P.A. McDaniel. 1998. Quantifying Soil
Hydromorphology. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Spec. Pub. #54, Madison, WI.
Chapters in Books
- Robinette,
C. E., M. C. Rabenhorst, and L. M. Vasilas. 2004. Identifying Problem
Hydric Soils in the Mid-Atlantic Region. p. 85-104. In L. M. Vasilas
and B. L. Vasilas (eds.) A Guide to Hydric Soils in the Mid-Atlantic
Region. Mid-Atlantic Hydric Soils Committee, On CD and online.
- Rabenhorst,
M. C. 2004. The Factors of Soil Formation. p. 13-20. In L. M. Vasilas
and B. L. Vasilas (eds.) A Guide to Hydric Soils in the Mid-Atlantic
Region. Mid-Atlantic Hydric Soils Committee, On CD and online.
- Rabenhorst,
M. C. 2004. Pedogenesis of Hydric Soils - Hydropedology. p. 21-36. In
L. M. Vasilas and B. L. Vasilas (eds.) A Guide to Hydric Soils in the
Mid-Atlantic Region. Mid-Atlantic Hydric Soils Committee, On CD and online.
- Fanning,
D. S., M. C. Rabenhorst, S. N. Burch, K. R. Islam, and S. A. Tangren.
2002. Sulfides and sulfates. p. 229-260. In J. B. Dixon and D. G.
Schulze (eds.) Soil Mineralogy with Environmental Applications. No. 7
in SSSA Book Series. Soil Sci. Soc. Am., Madison, WI.
- Rabenhorst,
M. C., and D. S. Fanning. 2002. Acid Sulfate Soils - Problems. p.
23-26. In Lal, Rattan (Ed) Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Marcel Dekker,
Published online at http://www.dekker.com.
- Rabenhorst,
M. C., D. S. Fanning, and S. N. Burch. 2002. Acid Sulfate Soils -
Formation. p. 14-18. In Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Marcel Dekker,
Published online at http://www.dekker.com.
- Rabenhorst,
M. C. . 2000. Ch. 13. Soils of tidal and fringing wetlands. p. 301-315.
In Richardson, J.L., and M.J. Vepraskas (eds.) Wetland Soils: Their
Genesis, Morphology, Hydrology, Landscapes, and Classification. CRC
Press, Boca Raton, FL.
- Rabenhorst,
M.C. and D. Swanson. 1999. Histosols. p. E183-E209. In M. E. Sumner
(ed) Handbook of Soil Science. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Selected Publications
- Castenson, K. L. and M. C. Rabenhorst. 2006. Indicator of
reduction in soil (IRIS): Evaluation of a new approach for
assessing reduced conditions in soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J 70:
1222-1226.
- Rabenhorst, M. C. and S. N. Burch. 2006. Synthetic Iron Oxides
as an Indicator of Reduction in Soils (IRIS). Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.
70: 1227-1236.
- Rabenhorst, M.C. 2005. Biologic zero: A soil temperature
concept. Wetlands 25: 616-621.
- Rabenhorst, M. C. and K. L. Castenson. 2005. Temperature Effects
on Iron Reduction in a Hydric Soil. Soil Science 170: 734-742.
- Rabenhorst,
M.C. and T. M. Valladares. 2004. Estimating the depth to
sulfide-bearing materials in upper cretaceous sediments in landforms of
the Maryland Coastal Plain. Geoderma. 105:(in press).
- Hussein,
A.H., M. Tucker, and M. C. Rabenhorst. 2004. Modeling of carbon
sequestration in coastal marsh soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.
68:1786-1795.
- Hussein,
A. H., and M. C. Rabenhorst. 2002. Modeling of nitrogen sequestration
in coastal marsh soils.. Soil. Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66:324-330.
- Hussein,
A.H. and M.C. Rabenhorst. 2001. Tidal Inundation of Transgressive
Coastal Areas: Pedogenesis of Salinization and Alkalinization. Soil
Sci. Soc. Am J. 65:536-544.
- Hussein,
A.H. and M.C. Rabenhorst. 2001. Modeling the Impact of Tidal Inundation
on Submerging Coastal Landscapes of the Chesapeake Bay. Soil Sci. Soc.
Am J. 65 :932-941.
- Demas,
G.P. and M.C. Rabenhorst. 2001. Factors of Subaqueous Soil Formation: a
System of Quantitative Pedology for Submersed Environments. Geoderma
102:189-204.
- Rabenhorst,
M.C. and S. Parikh. 2000. Propensity of soils to develope redoximorphic
color changes. Soil Sci. Soc. Am J. 64:1904-1910.
- Demas,
G.P. and M.C. Rabenhorst. 1999. Subaqueous soils: pedogenesis in a
submersed environment. Soil Sci. Soc. Am J. 63:1250-1257.
- Shaw,
J.N. and M.C. Rabenhorst. 1999. Pedogenic and morphological
characteristics of marl derived soils in the ridge and valley province,
Eastern United States . Soil Sci. 164:936-945.
- Hussein,
A.H. and M.C. Rabenhorst. 1999. Modeling of sulfur sequestration in
coastal marsh soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am J. 63:1954-1963.
- Galusky,
L.P., M.C. Rabenhorst, and R.L. Hill. 1998. Toward the development of
quantitative soil morphological indicators of water table behavior.
SSSA Special Publication #54:77-93.
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