Soil Science

Lecturer:

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

Tutor:

Martin Šanda, Michal Sněhota (gar.), Matej Dubovec, Vladimír Klípa, 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 prerequisites

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 landscape engineering).

Study materials:

Sněhota, M., Šanda M. Electronic lectures on-line - Pedologie, web K143, FSv CVUT

Kutílek,M. - Kuráž,V. - Císlerová,M.: Hydropedologie, Praha: ČVUT,2000, [2] Klute,A.(editor): Methods of Soil Analysis. No. 9, Part 1, Physical and Mineralogical Methods, Madison, Wisconsin: 1986, Second Edition, [3] Rowell,D.L.: Soil Science, Methods and Applications, Longman Group UK

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	roomTH:B-671 Sněhota M. Klípa V. 08:00–11:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.391) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B671 roomTH:B-671 Sněhota M. Klípa V. 08:00–11:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.392) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B671
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri	roomTH:C-217 Sněhota M. 12:00–13:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) C217

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: