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B015995 - PEDOLOGY
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Course program
Academic Year 2019-20
Coorte 2018 - Second Cycle Degree in Scienze della Natura e dell'Uomo
Course year
Second year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Biology (BIO)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
AGR/14 - PEDOLOGY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
24/02/2020 ⇒ 12/06/2020
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B014432 - PEDOLOGIA
Second Cycle Degree in GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES
Curriculum ANALISI ED EVOLUZIONE DEL SISTEMA TERRA
B014432 - PEDOLOGIA
Second Cycle Degree in GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES
Curriculum ANALISI ED EVOLUZIONE DEL SISTEMA TERRA
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Soil nature, characters and position on Earth's crust.
Soil archtecture: particle size, texture, structure, porosity.
Soil-water relations, water movement in soil.
Chemical weathering, proton donors, cation mobility.
Soil formed minerals.
Adsorption and ion exchange.
Soil horizons.
Soil forming factors. Main soil types according to time factor. Stratigraphy and soils, palaeosols, soil dating.
Soil archtecture: particle size, texture, structure, porosity.
Soil-water relations, water movement in soil.
Chemical weathering, proton donors, cation mobility.
Soil formed minerals.
Adsorption and ion exchange.
Soil horizons.
Soil forming factors. Main soil types according to time factor. Stratigraphy and soils, palaeosols, soil dating.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Lecture notes and slides (pdf)
Lecture notes on the major soils of the world www.fao.org/3/a-y1899e.pdf
Lecture notes on the major soils of the world www.fao.org/3/a-y1899e.pdf
Learning Objectives
Ability to reckon soils in geological investigation and to use them as part of geological archives.
Ability to point out the relations between soil and hydrogeological and environmental risks.
Ability to point out the relations between soil and hydrogeological and environmental risks.
Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
Lectures, 32 hrs.
Supervised field work, 16 hrs.
Supervised field work, 16 hrs.
Further information
None
Type of Assessment
Single exam, oral; the student will be called to answer some questions about the contents of the course; evaluation will cover knowledge of arguments, ability to make connections between them and critical capabilities
Course program
Soil nature and characters; soil position on the Earth's crust and its functions.
Soil acrhitecture: particle size, texture, structure, porosity.
Soil-water relations, water holding, water movement in soils.
Chemical weathering, proton donors, water solubility of cations. Neoformation minerals: SROMs, clays, iron oxides.
Adsorption and ion exchange.
Soil horizons. Pedogenesis and soil geography, soil-forming factors.
Analysis of major soil types, arranged according to time factor.
Application to soil of stratgiraphic concepts, palaeosols, soil dating.
Soil acrhitecture: particle size, texture, structure, porosity.
Soil-water relations, water holding, water movement in soils.
Chemical weathering, proton donors, water solubility of cations. Neoformation minerals: SROMs, clays, iron oxides.
Adsorption and ion exchange.
Soil horizons. Pedogenesis and soil geography, soil-forming factors.
Analysis of major soil types, arranged according to time factor.
Application to soil of stratgiraphic concepts, palaeosols, soil dating.