Soil-forming factors and soil-forming processes. Mineral phases and inorganic
components in soils. Physical properties of soils. Chemical properties of
soils, sorption complex. Soil organisms. Humus soil and humification
processes. Soil water. Soil air. Morphology of soil profile. Diagnostic soil
horizons. Soil classification. Genetic soil types of Europe and their
distributions. Horizontal and vertical soil zonation. Soils in a landscape and
in ecosystems. Paleopedology. Soil sampling and analysis. Soil maps.
Literature
Fitzpatrick E.A.: Soils. Their formation, classification and distribution.
Longman, London, 1983, 353 p.
Bolt G.H.: Soil chemistry. Part B. Physico-chemical models. 2nd ed. Elsevier,
Amsterdam, 321 p.
Advised literature
Duchafour P.: Pedologie. Sol, vegetation, environment. 3rd ed. Collection
abregee. Massan, Paris, 1991. 289 p.
Kuntze H., Roeschmann G., Schwerdtfeger G.: Bodenkunde. 5th Ed. Verlag Eugen
Ulmer, Stuttgart, 1994. 424 p.