- 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 application of material scattered or sprayed on surface of the soil.
Industry:Earth science
The use of biological agents to reclaim soil and water polluted by substances hazardous to the environment or human health.
Industry:Earth science
The absorption of nutrients by plants in excess of that quantity needed for optimum growth. Luxury concentrations during early growth may be utilized in later growth.
Industry:Earth science
Unsurveyed land along a lake shore or stream border that has developed by the receding of the shore line or of the stream since the last cadastral survey of the area.
Industry:Earth science
The branch of soil science that deals with the homogeneous inorganic materials found in the earth's crust to the depth of weathering or of sedimentation.
Industry:Earth science
The process of soil-water movement to achieve an equilibrium energy state of water throughout the soil.
Industry:Earth science
The adjusting of input parameters until model preditions match the observed response. This is performed by setting the majority of the parameters to measured values and adjusting only the few parameters that lack measurement or have the greates uncertainty.
Industry:Earth science
The soil is saturated with water in all layers from the upper boundary of saturation to a depth of 200 cm or more from the mineral soil surface.
Industry:Earth science
The volume of fluid that flows through a given area per unit of time.
Industry:Earth science
Spodosols that have accumulated organic carbon and aluminum, but not iron, in the upper part of the spodic horizon. Humods are rarely saturated with water or do not have characteristics associated with wetness.
Industry:Earth science
