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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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Chlorite
Earth science; Soil science
A group of layer silicate minerals of the 2:1 type that has the interlayer filled with a positively charged metal-hydroxide octahedral sheet. There are both trioctahedral (e.g., M = Fe(II), ...
Lattice
Earth science; Soil science
A regular geometric arrangement of points in a plane or in space. Lattice is used to represent the distribution of repeating atoms or groups of atoms in a crystalline substance. A lattice is a ...
Dirichlet condition
Earth science; Soil science
A boundary condition where a value for the variable of interest at each point in space and given a set of input values, a unique output can be determined.
Polypedon
Earth science; Soil science
A group of contiguous similar pedons. The limits of a polypedon are reached at a place where there is no soil or where the pedons have characteristics that differ significantly.
Climosequence
Earth science; Soil science
A group of related soils that differ, one from another, primarily as a result of differences in climate as a soil-forming factor.
Medium-scale map
Earth science; Soil science
A map having a scale from 1:100 000, exclusive, to 1:1 000 000, inclusive.
Argillic horizon
Earth science; Soil science
A mineral soil horizon that is characterised by the illuvial accumulation of phyllosilicate clays. The argillic horizon has a certain minimum thickness depending on the thickness of the solum, a ...
