P1111202 - Edafoloxía Xeral (Ciencia do Solo) - Curso 2011/2012

Información

• Créditos ECTS
• Créditos ECTS: 3.00
• Total: 3.0
• Horas ECTS
• Clase Expositiva: 9.00
• Clase Interactiva Laboratorio: 6.00
• Clase Interactiva Seminario: 6.00
• Horas de Titorías: 3.00
• Total: 24.0

Outros Datos

• Tipo: Materia Ordinaria Máster RD 1393/2007
• Departamentos: Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola
• Áreas: Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola
• Centro: Facultade de Bioloxía
• Convocatoria: 1º Semestre de Titulacións de Grao/Máster
• Docencia e Matrícula: Primeiro Curso (1º 1ª vez)

Profesores

Nome	Coordinador
BARRAL SILVA, MARIA TERESA DEL CARMEN.	NON
GARCIA-RODEJA GAYOSO, EDUARDO.	SI

Horarios

Nome	Tipo Grupo	Tipo Docencia	Horario Clase	Horario exames
Grupo CLE01	Ordinario	Clase Expositiva	NON	NON
Grupo CLIL_01	Ordinario	Clase Interactiva Laboratorio	NON	NON
Grupo CLIS_01	Ordinario	Clase Interactiva Seminario	NON	NON
Grupo TI-ECTS01	Ordinario	Horas de Titorías	NON	NON
Grupo TI-ECTS02	Ordinario	Horas de Titorías	NON	NON

Programa

Existen programas da materia para os seguintes idiomas:

Castelán

Galego

Inglés

Course objectives
Acquiring a basic training in Soil Science including:
• Understanding the morphology and organization of soils and the factors and processes that determine their formation.
• Know the components and properties of soils and the methods for their study
• Know the different types of soils in the world and its distribution.
• Understand the soil functions, its importance as a resource and its role in ecosystems.

Contents
Program lectures

- General Concepts. Organization of the soil at different scales. Soil morphology.

- Soil formation. Soil forming factors and their role in soil formation. Processes of soil formation: weathering, accumulation and evolution of organic matter, pedoturbation horizonation. Other soil forming processes.

- The solid phase of soil. Inorganic components: Nature, composition, origin and properties of the inorganic fraction. Organic compounds: nature, origin, composition and properties of soil organic matter. Organo mineral interactions.

- The soil fluid phases. Soil water: water storage capacity of soil, water flow in soil, water balance. The soil solution. The soil atmosphere: composition and dynamics.

- I. Soil properties Physical Properties: Texture. Soil structure. Density and porosity. Permeability. Colour.

- Soil properties II. Physico-chemical properties. The adsorbent complex of soil: permanent and variable charge, cation exchange, anion exchange and retention. Soil reaction. Oxidation-reduction processes.

- Type and distribution of soils of the world. Basics of soil classification. Soil typology. Distribution of soils in the world and its relationship to environmental factors.

Interactive classroom program

• Analysis of the factors of soil formation of a zone from cartographic and bibliographic references.
• Field Practice. Soil morphology: soil description and sampling.
• Physical and physico-chemical soil properties.
• Selective dissolution techniques
• Soil Mineralogy and Micromorphology
• Characterization of horizons, properties and diagnostic materials
• Interpretation of soil


Basic and complementary bibliography
Bibliografía básica

- AUBERT, G. & BOULAINE, J. (1986): "La Edafoloxía. El suelo en que vivimos", Orbis, Barcelona.
- BOHN, H.L., McNEAL, B.L:, O’CONNOR, G.A. 1993. Química del Suelo. Limusa, México
- BREEMEN, N. van & BUURMAN, P. 1998. Soil Formation. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
- DRIESSEN, P.M., DECKERS, J.A., SPAARGAREN, OC, NACHTERGAELE, F.O. (Eds.). 2001. Lecture Notes on the Major Soils of the World. World Soil Resources Reports 94. FA, Rome. http://www.isric.org/Isric/Webdocs/Docs/Major_Soils_of_the_World/start.pdf ftp://ftp.fao.org/agl/agll/docs/wsrr94e.pdf
- IUSS GRUPO DE TRABAJO WRB. 2007. Base Referencial Mundial del Recurso Suelo. Un marco conceptual para la clasificación, correlación e comunicación internacional. Informes sobre Recursos Mundiales de Suelos 103. FAO, Roma. http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/a0510s/a0510s00.HTM
- JUMA, N.G. 1999. The Pedosphere and its Dynamics. A Sestem Approach to Soil Science. Vol1. Salman Productions, Edmonton.
- PORTA, J., LÓPEZ-ACEVEDO, M., POCH, R.M. 2008. Introducción a la Edafología. Uso y protección del suelo. Mundi-Prensa. 2008.
- PORTA, J., LÓPEZ-ACEVEDO, M., ROQUERO, C. 2003. Edafología. Para la agricultura y el medio ambiente. Mundi-Prensa.
- SOIL SURVEE STAFF. 2006. Claves para la Taxonomía de Suelos. 10ª Edición. USDA-NRCS, Washington. ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Taxonomy/keys/Spanish_Keys.pdf
- SUMNER, M.E. (Ed.) 2000. Handbook of Soil Science. CRC Press, Boca Raton.

Prácticas

- FAO. 2006. Guidelines for soil description. FAO. Roma. ftp://ftp.fao.org/agl/agll/docs/guidel_soil_descr.pdf
- GUITIÁN, F. & CARBALLAS, T. 1975. Técnicas de análisis de suelos. Ed. Pico Sacro Santiago de Compostela
- M.A.P.A. 1993. Métodos oficiales de análisis. Secretaria General Técnica. Madrid.
- MUNSELL COLOR. 1994. Munsell Soil Color Charts. Revised Edition. Macbeth Division of Kollmorgen Instruments Corporation. New Windsor, New Eork.
- PORTA, J. 1986. Técnicas y experimentos en Edafología. Collegi Oficial d’Engineers Agrònoms de Catalunya. Barcelona
- PORTA, J., LÓPEZ-ACEVEDO, M. Agenda de campo de suelos. Información de suelos para la agricultura y el medio ambiente. Mundi-Prensa. 2005.

Bibliografía complementaria

- AUERSWALD, K., STANJEK, H. & BIGHAM, J.M. (Eds.). 1997. Soils and Environment. Soil Processes from Mineral to Landscape Scales. Advances in GeoEcologe 30, Catena Verlag, Reiskirchen.
- BOUNEAU, M., SOUCHIER, B. 1987. Edafología. 2. Constituyentes y propiedades del suelo, Masson, Barcelona.
- BRIDGES, E.M. 1997. World Soils. Cambridge Universite Press. New Eork.
- BRIDGES, E.M., BATJES, N.H. & NATHCERGAELE, F.O. (Eds.) 1998. World Reference Base for Soil Resources. Atlas. ACCO, Leuven.
- DIXON, J.B.; SCHULZE, D.G. 2002. Soil mineralogy with Environmental Applications. SSSA Book Series 7. Madison, USA.
- DUCHAUFOUR, P. 1984. Edafología 1. Edafogénesis y Clasificación. Ed. Masson. Barcelona.
- EUROPEAN SOIL BUREAU NEWORK. 2005. Soil Atlas of Europe. European Comission, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Louxemburg. http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/projects/soil_atlas/Download.cfm
- HILLEL, D. 1998. Environmental Soil Physics. Academic Press. San Diego.
- INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL. 2006. Geología, Geomorfología y Edafología. Monografías del Atlas Nacional de España. Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica. Madrid.
- IUSS Working Group WRB. 2006. World Reference Base for Soil Resources. World Soil Resources 103. 2nd edition. 2006. FAO, Roma. http://www.fao.org/ag/Agl/agll/wrb/doc/wrb2006final.pdf
- MACÍAS, F. & CALVO, R. 2001. Atlas de Galicia. Solos. Consellería de Presidencia, Xunta de Galicia.
- SOIL SURVEY STAFF. 1999. Soil Taxonomy. A Basic System for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys. 2nd Edition. USDA-NRCS, Washington. http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/taxonomy/
- SUMNER, M.E. (Ed.) 2000. Handbook of Soil Science. CRC Press, Boca Raton.


Competence
• Describe and interpret soils in the field.
• Interpret soil properties and relations between them
• Apply the acquired knowledge to solve problems related to soils and their functions
• Learn to identify horizons, diagnostic properties and materials
• Be able to manage information on soils and its application to soil environment
• Ability to prepare reports on soils


Teaching methodology
The theoretical part consists of lectures accompanied by discussion sessions after the reading of selected texts.

The Interactive lessons include:

Field Practice: students in small groups must describe and take soil samples in an area where factors of soil formation were previously characterized from cartographic and bibliographic information. Each group must submit a description of soils and their interpretation based on analytical data that will be provided.

Seminars: will be devoted to the interpretation of soil properties using examples of different types of soils and the resolution of related problems. At the end each student will submit a report on the work done.

The tutorial time will be devoted to the preparation of field practice and the elaboration of the report on the Reference Groups of Soils.


Assessment system
a) Written exam (50% of the final grade)
b) Field work report (10% of the final grade)
c) Bibliographic work on some Soil Reference Groups (WRB, 2007) (report and presentation) (30% of final grade).
d) Attendance, performance and active participation in educational activities (10% of the final grade)

Study time and individual work
Hours in class: 26.5 (lectures 9, field 3, practices and seminars 9, tutorials 3, exam 2.5)
Hours of student personnel work 50 (25 individual study, preparation of field report 5, bibliographical report 10: recommended readings 10)


Recommendations for the study of the subject
It is convenient a basic knowledge of chemistry, geology and English with a medium level of understanding.
Using literature and read the recommended texts for lectures and seminars
Attend and actively participate in teaching activities.
Carry out the proposed activities.