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3 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
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Pedology, soil science
3 creditsPaleoenvironments and biostratigraphy
3 credits
Pedology, soil science
Level of study
BAC +3
ECTS
3 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The aim of the lectures is to present the basic notions to describe, classify and characterize soils: their different constituents (minerals, clays, organic matter, living organisms), their physical properties (granulometry, texture, structure), chemical properties (clay-humus complex, CEC, oxidation-reduction), and biological properties (horizons and humus, root system, plant nutrition, role of bacteria, C/N ratio, pedofauna) We will study the factors of soil formation (climate, bedrock, living organisms, relief, time), the different processes of soil formation and evolution (weathering, humification, leaching, podzolization, pedoturbation, ferrallitization,...), the major soil classification systems, and the distribution of soils in the world. This scientific base will allow us to address current social issues concerning soils in the field of land management: their degradation (erosion, pollution, artificialization, compaction, etc.) and their restoration (depollution, phytoremediation, agroecology).
The field trip will allow to put into practice the notions seen in class.
Hourly volumes:
CM : 12h
TD : 9h
Field : 6h
Paleoenvironments and biostratigraphy
Level of study
BAC +3
ECTS
3 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The aim of this course is to synthesize notions and knowledge acquired in L1 and L2 (stratigraphy, sedimentology and life history) and to reinforce them with notions of sedimentology, biostratigraphy and anatomy. Together, these concepts provide the keys to surface geology for analyzing and reconstructing ancient depositional environments and interpreting their fossil content in a temporal context.
Hourly volume:
CM : 6H
TP : 12H
TD : 3H
LAND : 6H