- Industry: Earth science
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An international scientific society that fosters the transfer of knowledge and practices to sustain global soils. Based in Madison, WI, and founded in 1936, SSSA is the professional home for 6,000+ members dedicated to advancing the field of soil science. It provides information about soils in ...
Clay destruction process involving disintegration and solution in water based upon the alternate reduction and oxidation of iron.
Industry:Earth science
An area of land, usually small, used for measuring or observing performance under existing or applied treatments.
Industry:Earth science
Areas where all diagnostic soil horizons have been removed by water, resulting in a network of V-shaped or U-shaped channels. Some areas resemble miniature badlands. Generally, gullies are so deep that extensive reshaping is necessary for most uses.
Industry:Earth science
Molecules and surfaces that have a strong affinity for water molecules.
Industry:Earth science
A term used in Russia, and frequently in the USA, synonymously with Desert soil.
Industry:Earth science
Concrete, ceramic, plastic etc. pipe, or related structure, placed at suitable depths and spacings in the soil or subsoil to enhance and/or accelerate drainage of water from the soil profile.
Industry:Earth science
Accumulation of large amounts of runoff on the landscape as a result of rainfall in excess of the soil's ability to drain water from the landscape before extensive inundation and ponding occurs.
Industry:Earth science
A weakly-cemented iron-rich, humus poor mixture of clay with other diluents that commonly occurs as dark red redox concentrations that form platy, polygonal, or reticulate patterns. Plinthite changes irreversibly to ironstone hardpans or irregular aggregates on exposure to repeated wetting and drying.
Industry:Earth science
Slow mass movement of soil and soil material down slopes driven primarily by gravity, but facilitated by saturation with water and by alternate freezing and thawing.
Industry:Earth science
