Information Package / Course Catalogue
Experimental Soil Physics
Course Code: ZTO509
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Determination of the phase compositions of soils, soil-water characteristics, the soil moisture content in different levels of beginning from saturated conditions until the wilting point, saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, infiltration, cappilary rise, soil moisture content measurements with tensiometers, soil aggregate stability and size distribution, soil profile definition according to soil physical productivity.

Course Content

Some soil physical properties, the relations of soil physical properties with other soil properties, soil water and soil water energy status, the water movement in saturated and unsaturated soil conditions, soil aeration and soil temperature.

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