Teacher
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Priori Simone
(syllabus)
Physico-chemical, biological and hydrological characteristics of soils. Pedogenetic factors (climate, lithology, morphology, time, and biota, including humans). The main forms of the landscape (karst, glacial, river, slope, structural) that guide the distribution and evolution of soils Pedogenetic processes that drive the development of soil horizons. Soil profile and genetic horizons. International classification of soils and distribution of soils in the world. The soil survey and the interpretation of a profile. Soils as an archive of the past: paleopedology Recognize and study paleosols and relict soils, witnesses of different environmental conditions of the past and important indicators of climate change.
(reference books)
- Certini G., Ugolini F.C.; Basi di pedologia, Edagricole - Lecture notes by the teacher
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