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.

Industry: Earth science

Add a new term

Contributors in Soil science

Become a Contributors

Soil science

Hydroxy-interlayered vermiculite

Earth science; Soil science

A vermiculite with partially filled interlayers of hydroxy-aluminum groups. It is normally dioctahedral in both the interlayer and the octahedral sheet of the vermiculite layer. It is common in the ...

Pressure head

Earth science; Soil science

Potential energy of soil water due to the weight of water (hydrostatic pressure) on the point of interest. Pressure head is expressed as energy per weight and is equal to the height of water between ...

Shear

Earth science; Soil science

Force, as with a tillage tool, acting at a right angle to the direction of movement of the tillage implement.

Jarosite

Earth science; Soil science

KFe3(OH)6(SO4)2. A pale yellow potassium iron sulphate mineral.

Potential energy

Earth science; Soil science

Energy due to position in space.

Inclusion

Earth science; Soil science

One or more polypedons or parts of polypedons within a delineation of a map unit, not identified by the map unit name; i.e., is not one of the named component soils or named miscellaneous area ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Earth science; Soil science

An in vitro method for amplifying defined segments of DNA. PCR involves a repeated cycle of oligonucleotide hybridization and extension on single-stranded DNA templates.