GEOL 3313

Introduction to Soil Science

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Fall 2024

Topics

humanity as a whole. Biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere are all
changes to the original parent material brought about by climate and living organisms
highly heterogeneous appearance and function of all the world’s soils. Soils can also be
seen as a medium for plant growth, where the living and the dead matter interact to act
as a source of food for almost all terrestrial fauna
concepts
Soil Definitions
Pedogenesis
Principles of Soil Physics
Principles of Soil Chemistry
Soil - Climate interaction
Soil Moisture
Soil Organisms
Soil Erosion
Soil Classification/Taxonomy

Digging into Canadian Soils (2021). Eds., M. Krzic, F. Walley, A. Diochon, MC. Paré, and R. Farrell. Canadian Society of Soil Science.
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