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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Earth science; Soil science

Colloidal humic substances that accumulate in peat soils at the transition zone between the peat and the underlying mineral material.

Gravimetric water content

Earth science; Soil science

Ratio of the mass of water in a soil to the mass of oven dry (105°C) soil.

Rhizoplane

Earth science; Soil science

Plant root surfaces usually including the adhering soil particles.

Cryogenic soil

Earth science; Soil science

Soil that has formed under the influence of cold soil temperatures.

Ochric epipedon

Earth science; Soil science

A surface horizon of mineral soil that is too light in color, too high in chroma, too low in organic carbon, or too thin to be a plaggen, mollic, umbric, anthropic or histic epipedon, or that is both ...