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| GEOP0006-2 | Soil quality evaluation and management
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| Duration : | 6h Th, 6h Pr, 6h FT |
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| Lecturer : | Gilles Colinet |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| Introduction based on the European and Walloon inventories.
Identification, causes and consequences of pressures on soil :
- edaphic(ss) or ecologic (soil organic state, acidification tendency, ...) degradation;
- crusting, compaction, poaching, hydric (and aeolian) erosion;
- diffused or site specific contaminations (heavy metal, pesticides and other organic contaminants, nitrate and phosphorous, artificial radionuclides);
- economic subtraction.
Procedures of investigation (historic, ecosystemic, cartographic and analytic) and monitoring (choice of indicators, positioning, frequency, ...).
Means of prevention and intervention adapted to the context :
- options of allocation, land management, agronomic practices, particular techniques, ...;
- agricultural or forest context, peri-urban land, industrial site, ....
Reflection on control issues (notion of observatory) and information management.
Case studies, contribution of guest speakers. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To apply the principles of geomorphopedological identification to the inventory of pressures on soil, to the monitoring of its quality, to the means of prevention and reaction, to the delivering of advice in Belgium and Overseas.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- have a good idea about threats on soils,
- develop strategies of identification and monitoring,
- suggest means of prevention and correction/interpretation. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Pédologie générale |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures and workshop : 12h
Field-study trip and visits : 6h Personnel work : 6h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Advances in Soil and Water Conservation (1998) Pierce F.J. and Frye ed., Ann Arbor Press, USA.
Girard M.C. et al. (2005) Sols et Environnement, Dunod, 832 p.
Defining Soil Quality for a Sustainable Environment (1994), Doran and al. ed., SSSA Spec. Public., 35, 244 p. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Group report (30%)
Personal report (70%) |
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Contacts :
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| Colinet, Gilles
Science du Sol
081 62 25 39
Gilles.Colinet@ulg.ac.be |
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