G8141 Pedology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Prerequisites
( (!(PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW( G0101 Occupational healt and safety )&&NOW( C7777 Handling chemicals )))
The course is devoted mainly for students of geology of magister degree
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 44 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Lectures on pedology familiarises students with basic pedological concepts, makes the aquaitance with basic physical and chemical characteristics of soils. The special attention is given to the problematics of pedogenetical processes which are responsible for the formation of individual soil types. The emphasis is put to the understanding of the soil as an open live system. The present soil classification and distribution of single soil types within the area of the Czech Republic as a result of substrate conditions, climatic conditions, etc., is the part of the subject. Studets try to both describe and classify the selected soil profile under the terms of practical part of lectures. At the end of this course, students should be able to: understand basic pedological terminology; explain mechanism of different types of pedogenetic processes; practical use of the soil classification system of the Czech Republic; basic description of soil profiles (including classification) and soil samples.
Syllabus
  • 1. Soil and pedology (soil definition, soil system, soil as landscape system.
  • 2. Soil attributes (soil depth and humus horizon depth, colour, soil structure and soil micromorphology, soil texture, soil skeleton, soil humidity, consistency, nodules, rootness, soil biology) and soil properties (physical: texture, specific weight, bulk density weight, porosity; chemical: humus content and composition, prevailing type of clay minerals, mineral potency of soil substrate, carbonates content, exchangeable soil reaction, cation exchange capacity, soil sorption complex, type and degree of soil degradation.
  • 3. Soil regime.
  • 4. General pedogenesis (basic mechanisms of pedogenesis) and special pedogenetic processes (weathering, humification, eluviation, iluviation, gleying and gley process, solonchak process, salinization).
  • 5. Soil classification (soil profile, diagnostic horizons, soil horizon features and nomenclature, soil classes, types and subtypes diagnostics.
  • 6. Environmental pedology (soil quality, physical processes influencing soil quality, risk substances in soils, farming and its influence on soil quality and biodiversity, soil antropization.
Literature
  • GOBAT, Jean-Michel and Michel ARANGO. The Living Soil - Fundamentals of Soil Science and Soil Biology. Enfield (USA): Science Publishers Inc., 2004, 602 pp. ISBN 1-57808-212-9. info
  • BEDRNA, Zoltán. Environmentálne pôdoznalectvo. 1. vyd. Bratislava: VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2002, 352 s. ISBN 8022406600. info
  • ŠARAPATKA, Bořivoj, Pavel DLAPA and Zoltán BEDRNA. Kvalita a degradace půdy (Soil quality and degradation). Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc, 2002, 246 pp. ISBN 80-244-0584-9. info
  • NĚMEČEK, Jan. Taxonomický klasifikační systém půd České republiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Česká zemědělská univerzita, 2001, 79 s. ISBN 8023880616. info
  • NĚMEČEK, Jan, Miroslav KUTÍLEK and Libuše SMOLÍKOVÁ. Pedologie a paleopedologie. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1990, 546 stran. ISBN 8020001530. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class exercises.
Assessment methods
A study with describtion and classification of the selected soil profile is necessary for subsequent examination. Examination is in the form of written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřen v podzimním semestru 2010/2011.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.