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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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Eutrophic
Earth science; Soil science
Having concentrations of nutrients optimal, or nearly so, for plant, animal, or microbial growth. (Said of nutrient or soil solutions and bodies of water. ) The term literally means "self-feeding.
Moraine
Earth science; Soil science
An accumulation of drift, with an initial topographic expression of its own, built chiefly by the direct action of glacial ice. Examples are end, ground, lateral, recessional, and terminal moraines.
Neutron probe
Earth science; Soil science
Probe, with radioactive source, that measures soil water content through reflection of scattered neutrons by hydrogen atoms in soil water.
Prairie soils
Earth science; Soil science
A zonal great soil group consisting of soils formed under temperate to cool-temperate, humid regions under tall grass vegetation.
Segregated ice
Earth science; Soil science
Massive ice in a soil pedon, which is relatively free of soil particles.
Cation
Earth science; Soil science
An atom or atomic group that is positively charged because of a loss in electrons.
Parna
Earth science; Soil science
A term used, especially in southeast Australia, for silt and sand-sized aggregates of eolian clay occurring in sheets.
