- Industria: 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 ...
The fraction of the soil organic matter that cannot be extracted from soil with dilute alkali.
Industry:Earth science
The quantity of a nutrient removed from the soil by a specific soil test procedure.
Industry:Earth science
Stimulation of microbial activity in soil, usually organic matter decomposition, by the addition of labile organic matter.
Industry:Earth science
The deposition by water, orientation and/or packing of a thin layer of fine soil particles on the immediate surface of the soil, greatly reducing its water permeability.
Industry:Earth science
The coefficient in the solute convection equations that accounts for hydrodynamic dispersion, it is usually determined by solving an inverse problem.
Industry:Earth science
The process of deposition of soil material removed from one horizon to another in the soil; usually from an upper to a lower horizon in the soil profile.
Industry:Earth science
The edge location on a layer silicate particle which is a source of pH dependent charge.
Industry:Earth science
Soils in which two sequa have formed, one above the other, in the same deposit.
Industry:Earth science
The process that occurs when a fluid mixes with and displaces another fluid. Leaching salts from a soil is an example because the added water mixes with and displaces the soil solution.
Industry:Earth science
