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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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Thermocouple
Earth science; Soil science
A device consisting of two junctions of dissimilar metals which response to temperature differences between the two junctions.
Conservation of mass
Earth science; Soil science
A law which states that mass is neither created nor destroyed in a defined system.
Symmetry value
Earth science; Soil science
The quantity of adsorbed ion released when one symmetry concentration of another ion is added.
Richards Law
Earth science; Soil science
A positive water pressure is required for water to freely move out of soil and into an open channel.
Illite
Earth science; Soil science
(i) As a general term, refers to either a discrete non-expansible mica of detrital or authigenic origin or to the micaceous component of interstratified systems, as in illite-smectite. If used to ...
Spodic horizon
Earth science; Soil science
A mineral soil horizon that is characterised by the illuvial accumulation of amorphous materials composed of aluminium and organic carbon with or without iron. The spodic horizon has a certain ...
Kame
Earth science; Soil science
A low mound, knob, hummock, or short irregular ridge, composed of stratified sand and gravel deposited by a subglacial stream as a fan or delta at the margin of a melting glacier; by a supraglacial ...
