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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Dioctahedral

Earth science; Soil science

An octahedral sheet or a mineral containing such a sheet that has two-thirds of the octahedral sites filled by trivalent ions such as aluminium or ferric iron.

Functional nutrient

Earth science; Soil science

Chemical elements that function in plant metabolism whether or not their action is specific.

Land grading

Earth science; Soil science

Land smootihng- a process whereby the surface of the soil is shaped to improve water runoff.

Nutrient

Earth science; Soil science

Elements or compounds essential as raw materials for organism growth and development.

Carolina Bay

Earth science; Soil science

Any of various shallow, often oval or elliptical, generally marshy, closed depressions in the Atlantic coastal plain (from southern New Jersey to northeastern Florida, especially developed in the ...

Interstratification

Earth science; Soil science

Mixing of different kinds of silicate layers along the c-direction in a given stack. Interstratification may be regular or random. In regular interstratification, the stacking of the component ...

Recessional moraine

Earth science; Soil science

An end or lateral moraine, built during a temporary but significant halt in the retreat of a glacier. Also, a moraine built during a minor readvance of the ice front during a period of recession.