- Branche: 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 ...
Increasing the soil bulk density, and concomitantly decreasing the soil porosity, by the application of mechanical forces to the soil.
Industry:Earth science
Process involved in slope failures when saturated soil is shaken by earhquakes.
Industry:Earth science
An area which has been reduced by erosion to a low, gently rolling surface resembling a plain. (updated 6/1/2000)
Industry:Earth science
FeOOH. A yellow-brown iron oxide mineral. Goethite occurs in almost every soil type and climatic region, and is responsible for the yellowish-brown color in many soils and weathered materials.
Industry:Earth science
Highly leached, red clayey soils of the humid tropics, usually with very deep profiles that are low in silica and high in sesquioxides.
Industry:Earth science
A swamp, usually containing organic soil, and partly or completely enclosed by a sandy rim. The Carolina Bays of the Southeastern USA.
Industry:Earth science
An antiserum conjugated with a fluorescent dye, (e.g., fluorescein or rhodamine). Fluorescent-labeled antiserum can be used to stain burred slides or other preparations and visualize the specific microorganism (antigen) of interest by fluorescence microscopy.
Industry:Earth science
An organism (e.g., fungus, bacteria) growing within a plant. The association may be symbiotic or parasitic.
Industry:Earth science
In soil survey a map unit that is a miscellaneous area, which consists of exposures of bedrock other than lava flows and rock-lined pits.
Industry:Earth science
