PřF:Z8086 Changes in the pedosphere - Course Information
Z8086 Contemporary changes of the pedosphere
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jarmila Burianová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Filip Hrbáček, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jarmila Burianová, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Burianová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Thu 8:00–9:50 Z6,02006
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites
- Student has basic knowledge of pedology and pedogeography.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/25, only registered: 0/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Applied geography and geoinformatics (programme PřF, N-AGG)
- Physical geography (programme PřF, N-FYG)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the current issues of changes and degradation occurring in the pedosphere and the expansion of basic knowledge of pedogeography.
- Learning outcomes
- The student will become familiar with the current degradation processes occurring both on a global and local scale. He will be able to describe the changes in soil properties in these processes.
- Syllabus
- Soil functions Physical, chemical and biological properties of soil Soil quality and degradation - indicators, resistance, soil resilience Forms of soil degradation - main factors, time-space variability, measures, examples from the world, from the Czech Republic - brownfields - Soil sealing - desertification - erosion - soil compaction - loss of soil organic matter, decline in biodiversity - acidification - salinisation - soil contamination - degradation of permafrost Influence of climate change on pedosphere - carbon cycle Soil monitoring Soil legislation Information resources on soil
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- lectures, discussions, study of relevant literature, presentation seminars
- Assessment methods
- oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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