Long-Term Soil Ecosystem Studies

The origin and functions of the horizontal redoximorphic tiger stripes in Calhoun's B horizons is a topic Ryan Fimmen took into the literature (Biogeochemistry 2008) and the subject of on-going biogeochemical study and discussion. Here, Markewitz uses a 25-lb piece of granitic gneiss to describe his alternative bedrock-inheritance hypothesis of the origin of the baffling tiger stripes found a depth in many Calhoun profiles.