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British Soil Physics Group
About us
The British Soil Physics Group was set up in 1980 to provide an informal opportunity for soil physicists to meet and discuss topical issues and problems in the general field of soil physics. Membership of the group is free and meetings take place on an annual basis with the location shared among the group members. Since its first meeting in Harpenden in Sept 1980 where the use of tensiometers was discussed the group has tackled many issues from shrink/swell phenomena to solute flow to characterisation of soil structure. With increased pressures on land and water resources, coupled with the development of new technologies such as impedance sensors and X-ray Computed Tomography, the importance of many applications of soil physics has never been more relevant.
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Committee
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Chairman | Sacha Mooney |
Contact E-mail: BSPG@soils.org.uk
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Recent Activities
Previous Events
| 1 | 23 September 1980 Inauguration and Introductions followed by "The design and use of tensiometers" (Rothamsted, Harpenden) |
| 2 | 9 April 1981 "Hydraulic conductivity of the unsaturated zone" (Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford) |
| 3 | 16 September 1981 "Swelling and shrinking phenomena in soils" (Silsoe College) |
| 4 | 7 April 1982 "Spatial variability of soil physical properties" (Grassland Research Institute, Hurley) |
| 5 | 27 January 1983 "The physical basis of solute movement in soil and its relation to field experimentation" (ICI, Jealotts Hill) |
| 6 | 17 September 1983 "Macropores" (Soil Science Department, University of Oxford) |
| 7 | 9 May 1984 "Solute transport in the unsaturated zone" (Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford) |
| 8 | 17 October 1984 "Soil-water measurement" (FDEU, Cambridge) |
| 9 | 19 September 1985 ""Soil physics and the reclamation of mine spoils" (Forest Research Station, Alice Halt) |
| 10 | 29 January 1986 "Alternative theories for flow and solute transport in soils" (Civil Engineering Department, Imperial College, London) |
| 11 | 24 September 1986 "New methods for measuring soil water" (Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford) |
| 12 | 18 February 1987 "Hydrology is mostly soil physics" (Rothamsted, Harpenden - joint meeting with the British Hydrological Society) |
| 13 | 23 September 1987 "Case studies of application of soil-water physics" (Civil Engineering Department, Aston University, Birmingham) |
| 14 | 31 March 1988 "Physical problems of soil mismanagement" (University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington) |
| 15 | 29 September 1988 "The physics of solute and water movement in structured soil" (Silsoe College) |
| 16 | 5 May 1988 "Use and abuse of the Guelph permeameter" (ELE, Hemel Hempstead) |
| 17 | 13 March 1990 "The application of soil physics to environmental problems" (Institute of Irrigation Studies, University of Southampton) |
| 18 | 17 October 1990 "Soil-water physics and soil-water chemistry: the interface" (Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford) |
| 19 | 17 January 1991 "Tropical land and water management" (National Resources Institute, Chatham - extraordinary meeting arranged by J. Willians) |
| 20 | 27 March 1991 ""Soil-water management" (Silsoe College - joint meeting with the Soil and Water Specialist Group of the Inst. Agr. Eng. and the UKIA) |
| 21 | 18 September 1991 "Application of soil-water physics to land-fill problems" (FDEU, Cambridge) |
| 22 | 8-9 September 1992 "Characterising soil through measurement" (Silsoe College - joint meeting with the British Society of Soil Science) |
| 23 | 5 May 1993 "Time domain reflectometry" (Silsoe Research Institute) |
| 24 | 22 September 1993 "Field validation of models to predict water and solute transport in soil" (Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford) |
| 25 | 12 January 1994 "Pollutant transport through unsaturated soils" (Institute of Physics, London - joint meeting with the IoP Environmental Physics Group) |
| 26 | 14 April 1994 "Managing soil water" (Silsoe College - part of British Society of Soil Science annual meeting) |
| 27 | 29 September 1994 "Scaling problems in soil-water physics" (ADAS Soil & Water Research Centre, Cambridge) |
| 28 | 17 May 1995 "The pF at 60 thermodynamics of soil water" (IACR - Rothamsted, Harpenden) |
| 29 | 1 November 1995 "Dielectric measurements in soil: frequency domain -v- time domain. (Silsoe College) |
| 30 | 30 May 1996 "Water uptake by vegetation" (Department of Soil Science, University of Reading) |
| 31 | 28 May 1997 "Macropore flow in soils - the state of the art" (Department of Civil Engineering, Imperial College - joint meeting with the British Hydrological Society) |
| 32 | 29 October 1997 "Soil-water physics and biology: the interface" (Silsoe Research Institute) |
| 33 | 6 January 1999 "Transport in structured soil" (Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee - joint meeting with the Scottish Soils Discussion Group) |
| 34 | 2 June 1999 "Management of saline soils" (Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Newcastle) |
| 35 | 27 January 2000 "Hydrology of peat and highly organic soils" (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen) |
| 36 | 11 October 2000 "Modelling and measurement in unsaturated soils" (Silsoe Research Institute) |
| 37 | 1 May 2003 "Investigations and manipulation of soil structure" (University of Plymouth) |
| 38 | 20 October 2003 "Diffusion studies in soil science" (Univerity of Newcastle upon Tyne) |
| 39 | No Meeting |
| 40 | 2 November 2005 "Investigations into soil architecture" (Institute of Physics, London - joint meeting with the IoP Environmental Physics Group) |
| 41 | 7th June 2006 'Roots and the Soil Physical Environment' (University of Nottingham) |
| 42 | 31 October 2007 "Recent developments in the measurement of soil physical properties" (University of Newcastle upon Tyne - joint meeting with the Northern Soils Discussion Group) |
| 43 | 18 February 2009 - 'Soil-Plant interactions' (Rothamsted) |
| 44 | 28 April 2010 'Impacts of predicted climate change on soil water relations' (University of Swansea) |
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