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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Kriging

Earth science; Soil science

A method based on the theory of regionalized variables for predicting without bias and minimum variance the spatial distribution of earth components, including soil properties.

Nonreactive tracer

Earth science; Soil science

A solute that exhibits no adsorption capacity but could exhibit physical or biological transformations that result in loss from solution.

Antibody

Earth science; Soil science

A protein produced by the body in response to the presence of an antigen to which it can specifically combine.

Pyrophosphate

Earth science; Soil science

A class of phosphorus compounds produced by the reaction of either anhydrous ammonia or potassium hydroxide with pyrophosphoric acid (H4P2O7). Pyrophosphoric acid is a condensation product of two ...

Soil consociation

Earth science; Soil science

A kind of map unit comprised of delineations, each of which shows the size, shape, and location of a landscape unit composed of one kind of component soil, or one kind of miscellaneous area, plus ...

Soil population

Earth science; Soil science

(i) All the organisms living in the soil, including plants and animals. (ii) Members of the same taxa. (iii) Delineations of the same map unit - a grouping of like things in a statistical sense.