Homework 1 Questions
and Answers
(pdf)
Exam
1 (pdf)
and Answers
(pdf)
Homework 2 Questions and Answers (pdf)
Exam
2 (pdf) and
Answers
(pdf)
Homework 3 Questions (pdf) and
Answers
(pdf)
Final exam
(pdf)
Course Outline
The course will address 5 general topics in order:
the solid phase,
fluid properties,
single-fluid properties and processes,
double-fluid properties and processes, and
the context of soil physics.
| Date | Topic | Reading | Student |
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| Jan. 13 | Introduction | -- | |
| Jan. 15 | Volume and mass relationships | Foreword, Chap. 1 | -- |
| Jan. 17 | Particle size | Chap. 3 | -- |
| Jan. 20 | M. L. K. jr. Holiday | ||
| Jan. 22 | Clay | Chap. 4 | Brian Schmid |
| Jan. 24 | Soil structure | Chap. 5 | -- |
| Jan. 27 | Soil mechanics (pdf) | Chap. 13 | -- |
| Jan. 29 | Soil mechanics continued | -- | |
| Jan. 31 | Water | Chap. 2 (first half) | Pedro |
| Feb. 3 | Water continued (capillarity) (pdf) | Chap. 2 (second half) | -- |
| Feb. 5 | Soil air | Chap. 10 | Jamie |
| Feb. 7 | Go over Homework 1 (pdf) |
Chap. 7 | -- |
| Feb. 10 | Saturated flow | -- | |
| Feb. 12 | Saturated flow continued | -- | |
| Feb 14 | Soil structure revisited | -- | |
| Feb. 17 | Exam 1 | ||
| Feb. 19 | Solute movement | Chap. 9 | -- |
| Feb. 21 | Solute movement continued | -- | |
| Feb. 24 | Water content | Chap. 6 (first half) | Pat |
| Feb. 26 | Water content, especially TDR (pdf) | -- | |
| Feb. 28 | Water potential (pdf) | Chap. 6 (second half) | -- |
| Mar. 3 | Water potential continued (pdf) | -- | |
| Mar. 5 | Water potential continued (pdf) | -- | |
| Mar. 7 | Unsaturated flow | Chap. 8 | Krisztina |
| Mar. 10 | Unsaturated flow continued | -- | |
| Mar. 12 | Solute movement revisited | -- | |
| Mar. 14 | Infiltration (pdf) | Chap. 14 | -- |
| Mar 17-21 | Spring Break | ||
| Mar. 24 | Go over Homework 2 (pdf) | -- | |
| Mar. 26 | Review | -- | |
| Mar. 28 | Exam 2 | ||
| Mar. 31 | Go over Exam
2 (pdf) |
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| Apr. 2 | Movement of soil gases | Chap. 11 |
Marc |
| Apr. 4 | Soil heat flow | Chap. 12 |
Mario |
| Apr. 6 | Soil heat flow continued (pdf) | -- | |
| Apr. 9 | Redistribution | Chap 16. |
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| Apr. 11 | Evaporation | Chap. 18 | David |
| Apr. 14 | Evaporation continued | -- | |
| Apr. 16 | Energy balance | Chap. 20 | -- |
| Apr. 18 | Energy balance continued | -- | |
| Apr. 21 | Spatial variability | App. 1 | Brian Gelder |
| Apr. 23 | Spatial variability continued | -- | |
| Apr. 25 | Go over Homework 3 (pdf) (spreadsheet) | -- | |
| Apr. 28 | Flow regimes | -- | |
| Apr. 30 | NAPLs | App. 2 | Vera |
| May 2 | Summary | -- | |
| May 6 | Final Exam, 9:45 - 11:45 |