EESB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Soil Chemistry, Soil Compaction, Bulk Density
27 Sep 2016
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Soil orders: understand what the master horizons are. Appendix a: know the soil table. Pg 29: don"t really have to worry about the depth but more of what the orders are present, the ex1. is gleysol: as there is a g present. G : gives of grey colour due to lack of o2: ex2. The f shows that there is iron fe. F shows that it is podzol re-draw what soil profiles look like. Depending on the diff. parent material, diff. weathering, etc. we end up different types of soils and that"s why there are a large amount of variable soils in canada. Soil stability is really important in certain projects (infrastructure: so knowing the soils will prevent disasters and sink holes from happening. The melting of cryosol soils are causing a lot of damage to housing in the north. Suitability for plant growth: green roofs. Water and nutrient cycling: short term larger precip.
