Syllabus
Soil Water Movement Spring 2004
Plant & Soil Science 266
Text: Introduction to Environmental Soil Physics, Daniel Hillel, 2004
Course requirements:
Midterm exam (take-home due March 12th)
25%
Final exam (take-home due noon Friday,
May 7th ) 25%
Project,
presentations in the week of April 27th)
40%
Problem sets, four or five
10%
Topics
approx. number of classes reading
Soil physical properties
1
Chapter 1, 3 and 4
Basic terminology
Solid phase description
Links #1-4
Particle size
Pore space
Properties of clay
Soil structure and aggregation
2
Chapter 5, Link #5
Types of structure
References
Stability/persistence
Role of organic matter
Soil water concepts
2
Chapter 2, 6
Physical properties of water
Links 7 and 9
Water potential
Capillarity/surface tension
Saturated water flow
2
Chapter 7
Darcian flow
Link 6
Hydraulic head
Soil and fluid effects on flow
Unsaturated water flow
2
Chapter 8
Richards equation
Lab and field measurement
Infiltration/redistribution
2
Chapter 14, 16
Philip's equation
Lab and field measurement
Preferential water flow
2
Solute transport
2
Pesticides
Nitrate
Computer modeling / case studies
5
How they work
Limitations
Macro
Przm
Class Project
8