Prof. Kenneth Ray Olson
College of ACES, USA
Email: krolson@illinois.edu
Qualifications
1981-1983
Ph.D., Cornell University, USA
1966-1969
M.S., Ohio State University, USA
Publications (Selected)
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Olson,
K. R., L. P. Wilding and G. F. Hall. 1980. Soil Taxonomy and regional land use
in interpretations for Ohio. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 44:1069-1074.
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Olson,
K. R. and G. W. Olson. 1985. Proposed use of agronomic data and enterprise
budgets in land assessment evaluations. J. Soil Water Conservation 40:455-458.
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Olson,
K.R. R.L. Jones, A.N. Gennadiyev, S. Chernyanskii, W.I. Woods, and J.M. Lang.
2006. Fly ash distribution to assess erosion and deposition in an Illinois
landscape. Soil and Tillage 89:155-166.
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Olson, K.R. 2009. Impacts of 2008 Flooding on Agricultural
Lands in Illinois, Missouri and Indiana. J.
Soil Water Conservation 64:167A-171A.
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Olson, K. R., S. A. Ebelhar and J.M. Lang. 2010. Cover crop
effects on crop yields and soil organic carbon content. Soil Science 175:89-98.
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Olson, K. R. 2010. Impacts of tillage, slope, and erosion on
soil organic carbon retention. Soil Science 175:562-567.
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Olson, K.R. and L W. Morton. 2012. The impacts of 2011
man-induced levee breaches on agricultural lands of the Mississippi River
Valley J. Soil Water Conservation 67 (1):5A-10A.
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Olson, K.R. 2013. Soil organic carbon sequestration in U.S.
cropland: Protocol development. Geoderma 195-196: 201-206.
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Olson, K.R, M.M Al-Kaisi., R. Lal and B. Lowery. 2014.
Experimental considerations, treatments, and methods in determining soil
organic carbon sequestration rates. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 78:348-360.
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Olson, K.R, M.M Al-Kaisi., R. Lal and B. Lowery. 2014.
Examining the paired comparison method approach for determining soil organic
carbon sequestration rates. J. Soil Water Conservation 69(6):193A-197A.
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Olson, K.R., A.N. Gennadiyev, R.G. Kovach and T.E.
Schumacher. 2014. Comparison of prairie and eroded agricultural lands on soil
organic carbon retention (South Dakota).
Open Access Journal of Soil Science Vol. 4, No. 4: 136-150.
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Olson, K.R, M.M Al-Kaisi., R. Lal and B. Lowery. 2014.
Experimental consideration, treatments, and methods in determining soil organic
carbon sequestration rates. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2014. 78.348-360.
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Olson, K. R., S. A. Ebelhar and J.M. Lang. 2014. Long-term effects of cover crops on crop
yields, soil organic carbon stocks and sequestration. Open Journal of Soil
Science Vol. 4, No. 8, 284-292.
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Olson, K.R., and M. M. Al-Kaisi. 2015. Impact of soil
sampling depth on soil organic carbon sequestration, storage, retention and
loss. Catena 125:33-37.
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Olson, K.R., M. M. Al-Kaisi, R. Lal and L. Cihacek. 2016.
Soil organic carbon dynamics in eroding and depositional landscapes. Open
Journal of Soil Science Vol. 6(8): 121-134.
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Olson, K.R. and L. W. Morton. 2017. Why were the soil
tunnels of Cu Chi and Iron Triangle in Vietnam so resilient? Open Journal of
Soil Science 7: 34-51.
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Olson, K.R. and L.W. Morton. 2017. Chicago’s 132 year
attempt to provide safe drinking water supply to residents. J. Soil Water
Conservation 72(2): 19A-25A.
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Olson, K.R. and L.W. Morton. 2018. Water rights and fights:
Lao dams on the Mekong River. J of Soil and Water Conservation. 73(2):35A-41A.
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Olson, K.R. and L.W. Morton. 2018. Tonle Sap Lake and river
and confluence with the Mekong River in Cambodia. J of Soil and Water Conservation.
73(3):60A-66A.
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Salemme, R.K., K.R. Olson, A.N. Gennadiyev and R.G. Kovach.
2018. Effect of land use change, cultivation, and Landscape position on prairie
soil organic carbon stocks. Open Journal of Soil Science 8:163-173.
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Olson, K.R. and D.R. Speidel. 2020. Why
Does the Repaired Len Small Levee, Alexander County, Illinois, US Continue to
Breach during Major Flooding Events? Open Journal of Soil Science 10(1): 16-43.
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Olson, K.R. and M. Tharp. 2020. How did the
Passaic River, a Superfund site near Newark, New Hersey, become an Agent Orange
dioxin TCDD hotspot? J. of Soil and Water Conservation 75 (2): 33A-37A; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.2.33A.
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Olson,
K.R. and D.R. Speidel. 2020. Review and Analysis: Successful Use of Soil
Tunnels in Medieval and Modern Warfare and Smuggling. Open Journal of Soil
Science 10(5): 194-215.