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Lecturer(s)
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Kabelka David, Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Agricultural geology: The most widespread rocks in the Czech Republic. Main rock-forming minerals. Pedology: Definition of soil. Mineralogical soil composition. Soil grain. Soil structure. Basic characteristics of spatial arrangement of soil particles. Physical properties of the liquid phase of the soil. Consistency and technological properties of soil. Heat conditions in the soil. Contents and functions of elements in soils. Soil colloids. Sorption ability of soil. Soil solution. pH. Reduction-oxidation ratios. Soil organic matter. Soil-forming processes. Soil classification system of the Czech Republic. Bonitation and land price.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Individual preparation for exam
- Preparation for exam
- 50 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 50 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 50 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim is to familiarize students with the following topics. Soil development as a permanent unfinished process. Rocks and minerals, basics of regional geology, rock geology, geological-petrographic substrate, active soil-forming factors. Soil grain, its importance for the physical, agrochemical, biological, water and air mode of soil and technological properties. Soil biology, importance for fertility and environmental functions of the soil, its influence on agro-technical and agrochemical measures. Soil, soil water and heat, soil movement and retention, hydrotherapy, hydrolimites. Soil colloid, organic and mineral colloids, sorption complex, sorption characteristics of the soil. Soil organic matter and humus. Soil fertility, classification, bonitations and soil mapping. Land protection, soil deficiency care, soil degradation and soil protection.
Graduates will gain basic pedological knowledge.
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge of the range of high school curriculum.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
Final oral exam.
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Recommended literature
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KOZÁK, J. a kol.:. Pedologie. Skriptum ČZU Praha 132 s., 2008.
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Ledvina, R. a kol.:. Geologie a půdoznalství.. České Budějovice, ZF JU, 2001.
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Němeček J. a kol.:. Taxonomický klasifikační systém půd ČR.. Praha, ČZU, 2001.
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Scheffer, F. a kol.:. Lehrbuch der Bodenkunde. 448 s.. Stuttgart, F. Enke Verlag, 1992.
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Tomášek, M.:. Atlas půd ČR. Praha, ČGÚ, 1995.
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Valla, M. a kol.:. Pedologické praktikum. Praha, ČGÚ, 2007. ISBN 80-213-0637-8.
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