Soil science

Soil science

That science dealing with soils as a natural resource on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils per se; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.

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Valence state

Earth science; Soil science

The number of electrons required to fill the outermost shell of an atom or alternatively the number of electrons which can be lost or shared in the outermost shell.

Infiltrability

Earth science; Soil science

The flux (or rate) of water infiltration into soil when water at atmospheric pressure is maintained on the atmosphere-soil boundary, with the flow direction being one-dimensionally downward.

Baseflow

Earth science; Soil science

That part of stream flow derived from groundwater seeping into the stream from the adjoining water table with delayed response to storms.

Toeslope

Earth science; Soil science

The hillslope position that forms a gently inclined surface at the base of a slope. Toeslopes in profile are commonly gentle and linear, and are constructional surfaces forming the lower part of a ...

Evaporation

Earth science; Soil science

The process by which liquid water from soil vaporises near the soil surface and is lost to the atmosphere.

Chambers

Earth science; Soil science

Vesicles or vughs connected by a channel or channels.

Regolith

Earth science; Soil science

The unconsolidated mantle of weathered rock and soil material on the earth's surface; loose earth materials above solid rock. (Approximately equivalent to the term "soil" as used by many engineers. ...