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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
| Grao en Bioloxía |
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| Edafoloxía |
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| Identifying Data | 2016/17 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Edafoloxía | Code | 610G02045 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
Fourth | Optativa | 6 | ||||||||||
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PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS Lesson 1.- History of Soil Science. Lesson 2.- Soil descripton in field conditions. Laboratory techniques for soil studies. |
Origin and development of Soils Science. Main topics in Soil Science. Profile and horizons. Physical, Chemical and Bioñogical methods of soil analysis. |
SOIL SYSTEMATICS AND CLASSIFICATION Lesson 13.- Soil Systematics. Lesson 14.- Introduction to Soil Taxonomy. Lesson 15.- World Reference Base for Soil Resources. Lesson 16.- Spanish and Galician Soils. |
Bulk density and solid density. Soil porosity. Pore-size distribution. Aggregate dynamics in soils. Structural stability. Soil moisture content and soil potential. Soil water measurement. Soil moisture characteristic curve. Soil water retention and soil water dynamics. Soil water and water requirements of vegetation. Soil thermal properties. Soil temperature management. Composition of the soil atmosphere. Soil and gases of greenhouse effect. Soil pH and soil acidity. Soil acidity effects. Acidity amendment. Exchange complex of soils. Cation exchange capacity. Soil organisms. Soil enzymatic activity. Nucleic acids in soil. Soil organism and soil properties as indicators of soil quality. Macronutrients and micronutrients. Nitrogen , phosphorus and potassium cycles. Calcium and magnesium. Iron, cupper, zinc, boron and molybdenum. Other oligoelements. Parent material. Climate. Topography. Times Vegetations and organisms. Anthropogenic factors. Soil profile differentiation. Clay accumulation. Podzolization. Salinization. Calcification. Hydromorphic processes. Ferralitic alteration. Genesic and diagnostic horizons. Soil profile. Horizon nomenclature. Modern Soil Classifications. Soil Taxonomy. World Reference Base for Soil Resources. Characteristics for soil diagnosis. Moisture and temperature regimes. Oreders, suborders, great groups, subgroups, families, and series. Organic soil. Soil with anthropic influences. Soils conditiones by topography and by time. Soils condiciones by cold, temperate, steppe, arid or semiarid and tropical or subtropical climates. Soil under Atlantic climate. Soils under Mediterranean climate. Galician soils: parent material, climate, topography and vegetation effects. |
APPLIED SOIL SCIENCE Lesson 17.- Applications of Soil Science. |
Soil cartography. Interactions soil-landscape. Soil functions and society. Soil and environment. Soil contamination. Recovery of contaminated soils. Soil Use and Management. |
PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES Laboratory Field studies |
Textural analysis Bulk density and solid density, Porosity. Aggregate stability Soil pH. Organic carbon and nitrogen Cation exchange capacity Soil extractable phosphorus Bological activity and dehydrogenase activity |
COMPULSORY TUTORIAL SUBJECTS |
Soil biological quality indicators Soil biodiversity Soil organisms Erosion as a source of diffuse contamination Effect of forest fires on soil degradation Contamination by mining activities Contamination by organic substances Physico-chemical indicators of soil quality Vineyiard soils in Galicia Compaction risks Soil water balance Heavy metals in soils Other |
FIELD TRIP |
Soil Observation Horizon description |
Presentation |
Presentation Discussion |
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