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2n Intensive Training Course on Soil Micromorphology (UdL)
COURSE
2017-2018
PRE-REGISTRATION
27/03/17 fins al 22/09/17 REGISTRATION PERIOD 27/03/17 fins al 22/09/17 TUITION
MAXIMUM OF STUDENTS
30
TYPECurs d'especialització CATEGORY Agronomia, Forest, Medi Ambient CREDITS 4.1 ECTS TRAINING MODALITY Presencial COORDINATION ORGANIZATION
Centre de Formació Contínua UdL
C/Jaume II, 71
Campus de Cappont
25001 - Lleida Tlf: 973703382
Fax: 973703377 formaciocontinua@udl.cat
PRESENTATION
The course will comprise lectures, exercices with thin sections provided by the lecturers and also with material brought by the participants and visits to a thin section lab. There will be a maximum of 2 participants per microscope, as well as facilities to work with the microscopes during extra time and to discuss the participants own thin sections with lecturers and colleagues. A certificate issued by the University of Lleida, under the auspices of the International Soil Science Society and the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya will be handled to the participants who attend a minimum hours of lectures.
The approximate programme of the course is the following: • Principles of mineralogy and petrography, optical mineralogy • Micromorphology sampling and making thin sections • Guidelines for the description of thin sections of soils and regoliths • Micromorphology of soil materials and identification of soil formation processes: carbonate-, gypsum- , and salt affected soils, volcanic soils, clay accumulation, hydromorphic soils, tropical and highly weathered soils, glacial and periglacial processes. • Micromorphometry and image processing. • Soil genesis and classification • Geomorphology • Paleosols • Archaeology
• Optional weekend excursion around the Tremp basin: Geology, Mediterranean soilscapes, soil genesis, sampling techniques, archaeology (roman village of Isona). Personal work: Thin section study, exercices on thin section description
The lecturers are experienced professors and researchers from the Universities of Lleida, Ghent, Barcelona, Politécnica de Madrid and La Laguna.
SCHEDULE
Intensive Training Course on Soil Micromorphology - Introduction, sampling techniques, thin section preparation
- Optical mineralogy, mineral identification in thin sections
- Thin section description: microstructure, components, pedofeatures
- Systematics of description of thin sections
- Argillic, spodic, oxic and vertic materials. Freeze-thaw and hydromorphic features
- Applications in geomorphology and paleopedology
- Mediterranean and arid soils: salts
- Mediterranean and arid soils: carbonates and gypsum
- Archaeological applications
- Introduction to micromorphometry
- DATES AND HOURS
25-sep
9:00-10:00 Reception of participants
10:00-11:00 Introduction and sampling techniques
11:30-12:30 Thin section preparation
12:30-14:00 Sampling techniques: field demonstration
16:35 Bus from Lleida to Tremp (around 7€)
26-sep
9:00-11:00 Optical mineralogy
11:30-13:30 Optical mineralogy
15:00-17:00 Identification of minerals in thin sections
27-sep
9:00-11:00 Thin section description: 3D/2D, fabric concepts
11:30-13:30 Microstructure
15:00-17:00 Mineral and organic components
28-sep
9:00-11:00 Microstructure
11:30-13:30 Mineral weathering
15:00-17:00 Groundmass and b-fabric
29-sep
9:00-11:00 Pedofeatures
11:30-13:30 Pedofeatures
15:00-17:00 Exercices and questions about the Guidelines
30 sept
Optional excursion
02-oct
9:00-11:00 Systematics of description of thin sections
11:30-13:30 Argillic, Spodic, oxic and vertic materials
15:00-16:30 Freeze / thaw and hydromorphic features
16:30-18:00 Personal work
03-oct
9:00-11:00 Mediterranean and arid soils: carbonates
11:30-13:30 Personal work
15:00-16:30 Mediterranean and arid soils: gypsum
16:30-18:00 Personal work
04-oct
9:00-11:00 Applications in geomorphology and paleopedology
11:30-13:30 Personal work
15:00-16:30 Mediterranean and arid soils: salts
16:30-18:00 Personal work
05-oct
9:00-11:00 Archaeological applications I
11:30-13:30 Personal work
15:00-16:30 Archaeological applications II
16:30-18:00 Personal work
06-oct
9:00-11:00 Introduction to micromorphometry
11:30-13:30 Personal work
15:00-16:30 Evaluation
LECTURERS
Canals Sabaté, Àngels | de Melo Marcelino, Vera | Francis, Michele Louise | Mallol, Carolina | Poch Claret, Rosa M | Recasens, Inmaculada | Stoops, Georges |
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