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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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Anion exclusion
Earth science; Soil science
The exclusion or repulsion of anions from the vicinity of negatively charged soil particle surfaces.
Illuviation
Earth science; Soil science
The process of deposition of soil material removed from one horizon to another in the soil; usually from an upper to a lower horizon in the soil profile.
Miscible displacement
Earth science; Soil science
The process that occurs when a fluid mixes with and displaces another fluid. Leaching salts from a soil is an example because the added water mixes with and displaces the soil solution.
Capillary fringe
Earth science; Soil science
Zone immediately above the water table where the soil is saturated but under subatmospheric pressure.
Nodulins
Earth science; Soil science
Unusual protein produced by legume root hairs or nodules in response to interaction with rhizobia and bradyrhizobia.
Edge site
Earth science; Soil science
The edge location on a layer silicate particle which is a source of pH dependent charge.
Bisequal
Earth science; Soil science
Soils in which two sequa have formed, one above the other, in the same deposit.
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