Overview
Description
Soil physical properties as related to water and solute flow; texture, structure, specific surface, soil-water interaction, colloidal behavior.
Units
Lecture2
Laboratory Studio1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- communicate, in writing or verbally, an understanding of basic soil physical properties and processes related to water, gas, solute, and heat transport.
- measure, calculate, and interpret soil physical processes using laboratory and field techniques, including texture, soil water retention, infiltration, and evaporation.
- communicate, in writing or verbally, the ways that disturbances impact soil physical properties, and how these disturbances affect natural resources.
- compare and contrast how changes in soil physical properties change as a result of soil morphological properties, such as horizons and orders.
- demonstrate, in writing and orally, an advanced understanding of the topics and will be able to relate soil physical properties or processes to their research area of interest.