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Earth science
Any of several geological sciences that are concerned with the earth, its origins, and all of its various structures and physical forms and phenomena.
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gypsum requirement
Earth science; Soil science
The quantity of gypsum or its equivalent required to reduce the exchangeable sodium fraction of a given amount of soil to an acceptable level where dispersion of soil colloids ...
drainage pattern
Earth science; Soil science
The configuration of arrangement in plan view of the natural stream courses in an area. It is related to local geologic and geomorphologic features and history.
Hortonian flow
Earth science; Soil science
Surface runoff as a result of rainfall in excess of the soils infiltration capacity.
deep percolation
Earth science; Soil science
The downward movement of water at the bottom of the soil profile which represents a loss of water from the root zone.
fabric
Earth science; Soil science
The physical constitution of soil material as expressed by the spatial arrangement of the solid particles and associated voids.
symbiosis
Earth science; Soil science
The obligatory cohabitation of two dissimilar organisms in intimate association. Often, but not always, mutually beneficial.
total potential
Earth science; Soil science
The sum of the separate energy components acting upon soil water expressed as energy per weight (head) or energy per volume (potential).
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