Soil Physics and Soil Science

Lecturer:

Martin Šanda (gar.), Michal Sněhota, Martina Sobotková

Tutor:

Martin Šanda (gar.), Michal Sněhota, Martina Sobotková

Supervisor:

Department of Irrigation, Drainage and Landscape

Synopsis:

Soil and the environment. Soil genesis, pedogenetic factors. Soil structure and texture. Physical and physiochemical soil properties. Physical, chemical and biological processes in soils. Soil classification. Soil survey and mapping. Soils of the world. Clay minerals, soil chemistry. Hydrostatic and hydrodynamic behaviour of soil water, capillarity. Determination of soil moisture. Flow of water in variably saturated porous media.

Requirements:

no prerequisities

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Introduction, interdisciplinarity, history, basic terms

2.Soil Formation, pedogenetic factors and processes

3.Clay minerals, soil chemistry- C, N,P,K, ion exchange capacity, soil contamination

4.Soil texture - grain analysis; soil structure - aggregation

5.Physical soil properties - moisture, temperature, water & air

6.Water in soil - capillarity, retention curve

7.Water in soil - moisture measurements

8.Hydraulic characteristics - hydraulic conductivity, vodivost

9.Hydrodynamics - saturated and unsaturated flow

10.Elementary processes: infiltration, evaporation, plant transpiration, moisture capacity, wilting point

11.Soil types - basic classification of soil profiles

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Particle size analysis, solids density.

2. Retention curve of soil moisture, hydraulic conductivity.

3. Chemical properties: pH, el. conductivity, organic carbon

Study Objective:

- understanding

Knowledge of soil type and soil class classification and its characteristics (focusing on water management).

Study materials:

Šanda, M., Sněhota, M. Elektronic lectures přednášky on-line - Hydropedologie, web K143, FSv CVUT Kutílek,M., Kuráž, V., Císlerová, M.: Hydropedologie. Vydavatelství ČVUT Praha, 2000, Klute, A. (editor): Methods of Soil Analysis. No.9, Part 1, Physical and Mineralogical Methods, Madison, Wisconsin, 1986

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	roomTH:C-204 Šanda M. 12:00–13:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) C204
Fri	roomTH:B-671 Šanda M. 08:00–11:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.351) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B671
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: