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Terminated in academic year 2015/2016

Pedology

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0308/02
Abbreviation PEDB
Course title Pedology
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Lenka Urbancová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:

Pedogenic factors. Weathering processes and pedogenic processes. Mineral phases and
inorganic components in soils. Humus, humification processes. natural organic
substances in soils. Soil composition. Grain size composition of soils, and its determination
used for classification.
Color soils. Chemical composition of soils and chemical properties of soils. soil sorption
complex and sorption properties of soils. The biological component of soil, soil organisms. soil
water hydrolimity, measuring humidity. Soil air. Diagnostic soil horizons.
Principles of soil classification and comparison of different classification systems. current
Soil classification based on the classification of FAO - UNESCO. Soil types,
features and enhancements in nature. Relationships between soil types in the landscape. soil
katéna. Horizontal and vertical soil pásmovitost. Paleopedologie. soil and
ecological stability of landscape. Sampling and analysis of soils, soil water and soil
air. Soil maps.

exercise:
Laboratory - determination of basic properties of soils. Soil maps.

Literature

BLANCO, H. and R. LAL. Principles of Soil Conservation and Management. Springer: KOROS Press Limited, 2017. 617 p. ISBN-13 978-1402087080 
RANDALL, J. E. Soil Protection and Soil Improvement. Franklin Classics, 2018. 104 p. ISBN-13: 978-0342528257 .
WEIL, R. R., and N. C. Brady. The Nature and Properties of Soils. Harlow: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2017. 804 p. ISBN-13: 978-0133254488 
WHITE, R. E. Principles and Practice of Soil. Science The Soil As a Natural Resource. Maldon: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. 376 p. ISBN 978-0-632-06455-7 

Advised literature

ASHMAN, M. and G. PURI. Essential Soil Science. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 2002. 208 p. ISBN: 978-0-632-04885-4 
BRADY, N. C., WEIL, R.R. The nature and properties of soils. Boston (USA): Pearson, 2016, 1104 p. ISBN-13: 978-0133254488 
OTTEN, A. et al. In Situ Soil Remediation. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997. 116 p. ISBN 978-94-010-6359-3 
RETALLACK, G. J. Soils of the Past: An Introduction to Paleopedology. 2019. 552 p. ISBN: 978-1-119-53045-9 


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