Course Contents
The lecture introduces the basics of soil science, and the knowledge is applied in exercise sequences. The contents of the lecture are: Definition of soil, soil components, soil physics, soil chemistry, soil genesis, soil systematics, soil functions, and soil protection.
Literature
IUSS Working Group WRB (2015): World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014, update 2015 International soil classification system for naming soils and creating legends for soil maps. World Soil Resources Reports No. 106. FAO, Rome.
Wulf Amelung, Hans-Peter Blume, Heiner Fleige, Rainer Horn, Ellen Kandeler, Ingrid Kögel-Knabner, Ruben Kretzschmar, Karl Stahr, Berndt-Michael Wilke (2018): Scheffer/Schachtschabel Soil Science. 618 p., Springer.
Sustainability Reference of the Course Contents
The lecture teaches the basics of soil science. This also includes an understanding of soil functions, soil protection and sustainable soil management.
Online Offerings
Moodle
The lecture introduces the basics of soil science, and the knowledge is applied in exercise sequences. The contents of the lecture are: Definition of soil, soil components, soil physics, soil chemistry, soil genesis, soil systematics, soil functions, and soil protection.
Literature
IUSS Working Group WRB (2015): World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014, update 2015 International soil classification system for naming soils and creating legends for soil maps. World Soil Resources Reports No. 106. FAO, Rome.
Wulf Amelung, Hans-Peter Blume, Heiner Fleige, Rainer Horn, Ellen Kandeler, Ingrid Kögel-Knabner, Ruben Kretzschmar, Karl Stahr, Berndt-Michael Wilke (2018): Scheffer/Schachtschabel Soil Science. 618 p., Springer.
Sustainability Reference of the Course Contents
The lecture teaches the basics of soil science. This also includes an understanding of soil functions, soil protection and sustainable soil management.
Online Offerings
Moodle
- Lehrende: Moritz Bigalke
Semester: WT 2023/24