Terminated in academic year 1999/2000

Pedology

Type of study	-
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0948/00
Abbreviation	PedD
Course title	Pedology
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	Fiktivní Uživatel

Course aims

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.

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