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B020943 - Soil conservation
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Suggested readings
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Course program
Academic Year 2016-17
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Earth Sciences (DST)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
AGR/14 - PEDOLOGY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
01/03/2017 ⇒ 16/06/2017
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Threats to soil and from the soil. Soil in the main environment subsystems.
Soil archtecture; texture, structure, porosity.
Soil-water relations, water holding measurement and estimation. Soil water movement, measurement and estimation.
Infiltration and topsoil compaction.
Soil erosion, processes and factors; long-term estimates.
Adsorption and chemical retention.
Soil acidification, natural and anthropogenic.
Soil sealing effects and their evaluation.
Soil archtecture; texture, structure, porosity.
Soil-water relations, water holding measurement and estimation. Soil water movement, measurement and estimation.
Infiltration and topsoil compaction.
Soil erosion, processes and factors; long-term estimates.
Adsorption and chemical retention.
Soil acidification, natural and anthropogenic.
Soil sealing effects and their evaluation.
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Lecture notes and presentations by the teacher
Learning Objectives
Ability to assess actual and potential soil degradation processes.
Ability to evaluate and use basic models of soil physical processes.
Capacity to design and propose preventive and remedial techniques.
Ability to evaluate and use basic models of soil physical processes.
Capacity to design and propose preventive and remedial techniques.
Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
Lectures, 32 hrs.
Laboratory sessions with mathematical models, 8 hrs.
Field or laboratory practical measurements, 8 hrs.
Laboratory sessions with mathematical models, 8 hrs.
Field or laboratory practical measurements, 8 hrs.
Further information
None
Type of Assessment
Single exam, oral
Course program
Threats to soil and from the soil. Soil position in the main environmental subsystems.
Soil architecture: texture, structure, porosity.
Soil-water relations; matric potentiale, water holding, measurement and model estimation.
Water movement in soils, measurements and model estimation.
Infiltration and topsoil compaction.
Soil erosion; wind erosion; water erosion, processes, factors and long-term estimation models.
Adsoprtion phenomena and chemical retention.
Soil acidification, natural processes and pollution.
Soil sealing consequences and their evaluation.
Soil architecture: texture, structure, porosity.
Soil-water relations; matric potentiale, water holding, measurement and model estimation.
Water movement in soils, measurements and model estimation.
Infiltration and topsoil compaction.
Soil erosion; wind erosion; water erosion, processes, factors and long-term estimation models.
Adsoprtion phenomena and chemical retention.
Soil acidification, natural processes and pollution.
Soil sealing consequences and their evaluation.