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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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Soil science
Diatoms
Earth science; Soil science
Algae having siliceous cell walls that persist as a skeleton after death. Any of the microscopic unicellular or colonial algae constituting the class Bacillariaceae. They are abundant in fresh and ...
Palygorskite
Earth science; Soil science
Si8Mg2Al2O20(OH)2(OH2). 4H2O (i) A fibrous clay mineral composed of two silica tetrahedral sheets and one aluminium and magnesium octahedral sheet that make up the 2:1 layer that occurs in strips. ...
Oxisols
Earth science; Soil science
Mineral soils that have an oxic horizon within 2 m of the surface or plinthite as a continuous phase within 30 cm of the surface, and that do not have a spodic or argillic horizon above the oxic ...
Soil management groups
Earth science; Soil science
Groups of taxonomic soil units with similar adaptations or management requirements for one or more specific purposes, such as: adapted crops or crop rotations, drainage practices, fertilization, ...
Redoximorphic features
Earth science; Soil science
Redoximorphic concentrations , redoximorphic depletions, reduced matrices, and other features indicating the chemical reduction and oxidation of iron and manganese compounds resulting from ...
Reference electrode
Earth science; Soil science
An electrode that maintains an invariant potential under the conditions prevailing in an electrochemical measurement and thereby permits measurement of the potential of an ion-selective or a platinum ...
Thermal properties
Earth science; Soil science
Properties of a medium (soil) relative to heat content and heat transfer, such as thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity, and thermal diffusivity.
