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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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chelates
Earth science; Soil science
Organic chemicals with two or more functional groups that can bind with metals to form a ring structure. Soil organic matter can form chelate structures with some metals, ...
force
Earth science; Soil science
An influence which produces or tends to produce motion or change in motion.
plagioclase feldspar
Earth science; Soil science
Framework silicates with Al substituting for Si with accompanying Na and/or Ca.
dielectric constant
Earth science; Soil science
Also known as the relative (dielectric) permitivity. The magnitude of the displacement of constrained charges in response to an electric field. A property of soil constituents ...
glaciers
Earth science; Soil science
Large masses of ice that formed, in part, on land by the compaction and recrystallization of snow. They may be moving downslope or outward in all directions because of the stress ...
hydromorphic soils
Earth science; Soil science
A suborder of intrazonal soils, consisting of seven great soil groups, all formed under conditions of poor drainage in marshes, swamps, seepage areas, or flats.
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- Geology (10953)
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- Physical oceanography (42660)
- Remote sensing (8661)
- Seismology (14406)
- Soil science (29216)