1.Overview of soil systems (historical review, soil systems, soil genesis). 2. Soil particle-size analysis (classification of soil particles and their role in nature, soil textural classes). 3. Soil minerals (primary minerals: structure, physicochemical properties, weathering; secondary minerals: structure, physicochemical properties of clay-silicate minerals; Fe and Al oxides and hydroxides). 4. Chemical properties of soils (cation […]