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.

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Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA)

Earth science; Soil science

Method used in the analysis of minerals to detect weight (mass) loss on heating.

Pseudomonads

Earth science; Soil science

Members of the genus Pseudomonas, a large group of gram-nagative, obligately respiratory (never fermentative) bacteria.

Grain cutan

Earth science; Soil science

Cutan associated with the surfaces of skeleton grains or other discrete units such as nodules, concretions, etc.

Soil compaction

Earth science; Soil science

Increasing the soil bulk density, and concomitantly decreasing the soil porosity, by the application of mechanical forces to the soil.

Durids

Earth science; Soil science

Aridisols which have a duripan that has its upper boundary within 100 cm of the soil surface.

Nutrient interaction

Earth science; Soil science

A term usually used to describe the response from two or more nutrients applied together that deviates from additive individual responses when applied separately. This term may also be used to ...

Dielectric constant

Earth science; Soil science

Also known as the relative (dielectric) permitivity. The magnitude of the displacement of constrained charges in response to an electric field. A property of soil constituents representing their ...