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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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Soil science
Moderately fine textured
Earth science; Soil science
Texture group consisting of clay loam, sandy clay loam, and silty clay loam textures.
Surface tension
Earth science; Soil science
The amount of energy required to create a new water surface.
Ohm's Law
Earth science; Soil science
The law describing the movement of electricity as caused by a gradient in electrical potential.
S-matrix of a soil material
Earth science; Soil science
The material within the simplest peds, or composing apedal soil materials, in which the pedological features occur; it consists of the plasma, skeleton grains and voids that do not occur as ...
Asae standard cone
Earth science; Soil science
The cone-shaped tip used at the insertion end of soil penetrometer probes, following design criteria prescribed by the ASAE standard. Briefly, a 30 degree stainless steel cone having a basal ...
Atterberg limits
Earth science; Soil science
The collective designation of seven so-called limits of consistency of fine-grained soils, suggested by Albert Atterberg, 1911-1912, but with current usage usually retaining only the liquid limit, ...
Hydraulic conductivity
Earth science; Soil science
The proportionality factor in Darcy's Law, as applied to viscous flow of water in soil, that represents the ability of soil to conduct water and is equivalent to the flux of water per unit gradient ...
