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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Soil Protection

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0978/01
Abbreviation OP
Course title Soil Protection
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Degradation processes in soils.
2. Soil properties relevant to soil degradation.
3. General soil erosion equation.
4. Causes and consequences of water erosion of soil.
5. Causes and consequences of wind erosion.
6th Erosion control measures.
7. Soil contamination by industry.
8. Soil contamination by agricultural activities.
9. Contamination of soils by mining and processing of minerals.
10. Harmful substances in soils.
11. Soil contamination assessment.
12. Contamination of soils by remote transmission of pollutants and critical loads.
13. Ecological stability of the landscape and soil protection.
14. Land degradation in agriculture.
15. Degradation of forest soils.
16. Protection of agricultural land resources.
17. Protection of the forest soil fund.
18. Thermal methods of soil decontamination.
19. Physical-chemical methods of soil decontamination.
20. Biological methods of soil decontamination.

Literature

Brady, N.C., Weil, R.R. (1966): The nature and properties of soils. Prentice-
Hall, Upper Saddle River. 740 pp.
Fitzpatrick, E.A. (1971): Pedology, A systematic approach to soil science.
Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. 306 pp.

Advised literature

Tan, K. H. (2005): Soil sampling, preparation, and analysis. 2nd ed.. - Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2005
- 623 s.