INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS
Department of Geology and Soil Science - multimedia teaching materials
- Soil atlas
- Bedrock atlas of the Bohemian Massif
- Soil processes
- Peats - their sources and use
- Field investigation and soil sampling
Pedological subjects
Forms and materials for teaching
- Laboratory procedures used by students in all disciplines (pdf)
- Laboratory notebook for recording values while working in the laboratory (pdf)
- Laboratory regulations for the soil science laboratory (pdf)
- Final form for exercises and for self-clarification of knowledge and skills acquired in a pedological practical lesson (pdf, doc)
- Assignment of a Soil Science semester paper (pdf)
- Field notebook for main exercises and processing semester papers (pdf)
- Field assessment of soil properties (pdf)
- Sample soil profile photo (pdf)
Information Sources
- ŠLP Křtiny map server
- Brandýs nad Labem ÚHÚL geoportal
- Czech Geological Survey map server
- VÚMOP geoportal
- AOPK MapoMat
Learning texts:
- Basics of soil science: non-living components of soil (Šimek, M. 2003)
- Forest pedology: selected articles on field investigation (Rejšek 1999)
- Forest pedology for students of LDF Mendelu in Brno (Vavříček, Kučera 2015)
- Peats, their uses and resource protection (Vavříček)
- Caring for soil fertility in forests and forest nurseries (Vavříček)
Soil Taxonomy:
American classification system
- Global Soil Regions (194 KB)
- Soil Taxonomy 1999, 2nd edition (9.67 MB)
- Maps from Soil Taxonomy, 2nd edition (15.14 MB)
- Errata for Soil Taxonomy, 2nd edition (3.47 KB)
- Keys for Soil Taxonomy (1.64 MB)
FAO UNESCO classification system
- World reference base for soil resources 1999 (English version) (439 kB)
- Lecture notes on the major soils of the world (12.7 MB)
- Base de reference mondiale pour les ressources en sols 1999 (French version) (296 kB)
- World reference base for soil resources 2015 (English version) (614 kB)
Others
- Electronic taxonomic soil classification system of the Czech Republic
- Soil classification of Slovakia (250 kB)
- Taxonomic soil classification system of the Czech Republic (Jan Němeček et al.) in forestry practice (1.48 MB)
- Morphogenetic classification system (241 kB)
- Comparison of the main genetic taxa used in the main classification systems (100 KB)
Geological subjects
Mineralogy
- Introduction to mineralogy - system and text (pdf, doc)
- Photo documentation of minerals (exe, 4.8 MB)
Petrology
- Overview of rocks - clear table including chemistry (pdf, doc)
- Photo documentation of rocks (exe, 5 MB)
- ŠLP applied geological map (906.54 KB) (author: A. Bajer, J.Houška)
- Petrology scripts (pdf, 21.8 MB)