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| GEOP0003-2 | Pedogenesis, international referential of classification and soil hydrodynamics
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| Duration : | 36h Th, 36h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Gilles Colinet, Jean-Thomas Cornelis, Aurore Degré |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The soil, as bio-physical and chemical reactor, interface between the atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere, appears and evolves from the parent material under the effect of the weather and the vegetation.
This course will deal with the various processes involved in the soil genesis.
We will start with the soil formation, organic matter dynamics, water dynamics and phases exchanges. Then we will talk about the cycles of soil evolution. In the end, we will discuss the soils classification systems (belgian, WRB-FAO, IUSS), and the main principles of soil management.
The originality of the course lays in the fact that the soil genesis, the chemical and physical aspects will be presented in parallel. We will develop the soil physics, the links between the liquid ans solid phases in saturated and unsaturated soils. The notions of anisotropy and the effect of water on the matrix itself will also be studied. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| After completing the course, the students will reach a level of beginner regarding
- conception of an appropriate solution in environmental remediation
They will reach an intermediate level to
- identify and quantify the environmental threats to soil and water
- do measures on field, organize the data into a database and use them for statistical purposes
- identify the energy and water flows between natural reservoirs.
After this activity, the student is able to
- integrate various discuplines in view to identify the pedological processes and the soil functionning, including the anthropologic impact.
- Identify and summarize precisely the laws govening the soil, using the factors-processes-properties relationships
- Describe and predict the pedological processes responsible for soil evolution with respect to their environment
- identify the formation processes of the major soil types
- situate the main soil types of the World in their pedogenetical context,
- comment their main characteristics and properties,
- deduce the consequences in terms of practical management, |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| GEOP0002-1 - Edaphology
HYDR0001-1 General Hydrology
GEOP0008-1 - Sciences de la terre
GEOP0009-1 - Science du sol |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Magistral lectures and workshops on computers.
(lab workshop to be confirmed) |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| face to face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| slideshows and scientific papers available on e-campus
Radcliffe and Simunek (2010) Soil physics with Hydrus. Modelling and applications. Book available at the library as well as at the "office des cours"
Duchaufour Ph. (1997), Abrégé de pédologie, Masson, Paris, 291 p.
FAO (2001), Lecture notes on the major soils of the world, P. Driessen et al. ed., Rome, World Soil Resources Reports, 94, 334 p.
FAO (2006), World reference base for soil resources 2006, Rome, World Soil Resources Reports, 103, 128 p. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam
A table of synthesis and a particular question to present during lecture |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Jean-Thomas Cornelis
Unit "Soil - Water Systems"
Department of Sciences and Technologies of Environment
081 62 25 38
Aurore Degré
Water soil plants exchanges
BIOSE
081/622187
aurore.degre@ulg.ac.be |
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