Anthropogenic soils

Course: Soil Science, Land Management and Territorial Planning

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Anthropogenic soils
Code
ВК 3.2.2
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2024/2025
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
LO 06. Determine the main characteristics, processes, history and composition of the Earth as a planetary system and its geospheres, including pedosphere. LO 08. Justify the choice and use field and laboratory methods for the analysis of natural and anthropogenic systems and objects. LO 10. Analyze the composition and structure of the pedosphere on different spatial and time. LO 13. Be able to bring the results of activities to the professional audience and the general public, make presentations and messages.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1.The foundations of classical and genetic soil science, geography, biogeography, genesis and soil morphology. 2. To use soil maps, the results of monitoring research, statistics of agencies of different subordination. 3. Holding elementary skills of morphogenetic description of soil sediments and profiles of basic types of soil, the method of choosing the location of soil incision, selection and preparation of soil samples for analytical research
Course content
The discipline covers a wide range of issues related to the soil industry: factors and processes of soil formation with human participation. The spread of anthropogenic-variable soils. Types and intensity of anthropogenic effects. Features of natural and anthropogenic soil formation. Classification in the FAO (Legend to the Soil Map of the World, FAO/UNESCO) and European countries. Classification in the WRB (World Reference Base for Soil Resources, 1998) and the Soil Taxonomy. Classifiers and diagnostic horizons in classification systems. Soils of low -intensity use. Changes in the hydrothermal regime of anthropogenic-variable soils of the steppe when creating polis protection forest strips. Transformation of properties of southern black soil and dark chestnut soils with moderate anthropogenic load. Humidization of soil climate of artificial forest -steppe and steppe forestry. Agrogenic and agrogenic accumulative soils. General features, elements of systematics and distribution. Soil formation factors on arable land. Humid soils, with balanced moisture, subbid and arid areas. Agrogenic accumulative (constructed) soils. Properties and characteristics of old spread soils. Characteristic features of rice soils, hailuta soils and Plaggen. Changes in soil microclimate under agrophytocenoses. Features of post-agrogenic evolution of different types of soil. Technogenic soils and soils of urban areas. Soil -like bodies. Technogenic soils in the areas of mineral production. Artificial soil -like formations and soils of reclaimed territories. Urban soils and features of their functioning. Properties of urban soils, their systematics and diagnosis. Characteristics of natural soils with surface mechanical transformations. Concepts of definition of the term "urban soils"; General features of urbans. Diagnostic horizon of urban soils - "Urbik" and its characteristics.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Позняк С.П., Телегуз О. Г. Антропогенні ґрунти /Навчальний посібник/ – Львів: ЛНУ імені Івана Франка, 2021. – 200 с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, practical session, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, modular test papers, assessment of practical works, credit. The recommended minimum for admission is 36 points. For students who scored a total of less than 36 points (recommended minimum), writing essays on missed or insufficiently mastered topics is a mandatory condition for admission to the credit. The final evaluation in the form of an exam is conducted in a written format. The maximum number of points on the credit is 40, the minimum number of points added to semester points is 24 (60% of the maximum number of points assigned to the credit).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Oksana Mykolaivna Pidkova
Department of Earth Science and Geomorphology
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Earth Science and Geomorphology
heohrafichnyi fakultet