546-0221/07 – Soil Protection (OCHPN)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Lenka Urbancová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2007/2008 | Year of cancellation | 2013/2014 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Course is devoted to the basic information on degradation processes in soils
and soil protection. It includes water and wind erosion of soils, soil
contamination, inorganic and organic pollutants in soil, acidification,
sampling and analyses of soil water and soil air.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Experimental work in labs
Project work
Summary
Course is devoted to the basic information on degradation processes in soils
and soil protection. It includes water and wind erosion of soils, soil
contamination, inorganic and organic pollutants in soil, acidification,
sampling and analyses of soil water and soil air.
Compulsory literature:
Brady, N.C., Weil, R.R. (1966): The nature and properties of soils. Prentice-
Hall, Upper Saddle River. 740 pp.
Fitzpatrick, E.A. (1971): Pedology, A systematic approach to soil science.
Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. 306 pp.
Recommended literature:
KABATA-PENDIAS A., PENDIAS H., 2000: Trace Elements in Soils and Plants. CRC Press. Boca Ratón, Florida, EEUU. 432 p.
WATTS, R. J., TEEL, A. J., 2006: Treatment of contamined soils and groundwater using ISCO. Practice periodical of hazards, toxic and radioactive waste management, 10, 1061, 214 p.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Presence on lessons and active work
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Lectures:
Degradation processes in soils.
Soil properties important in terms of soil degradation.
Causes and effects of water erosion of soil.
General equation of soil erosion.
Causes and consequences of wind erosion of soil.
Erosion control measures.
Contamination of soil industry.
Contamination of soil by agricultural activity.
Evaluation of soil contamination.
Contamination of soil pollutants and remote transfer of critical loads.
Ecological stability of the landscape and soil conservation.
Degradation of soils in agriculture.
Degradation of forest soils.
Thermal methods for decontamination of soils.
Physico-chemical methods of soil decontamination.
Biological methods for decontamination of soils.
exercise:
Field evaluation of soil and soil erosion.
Sampling soil water.
Atmogeochemické methods to protect soils.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction