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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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mine dumps
Earth science; Soil science
Areas covered with overburden and other waste materials from ore and coal mines, quarries and smelters, and usually with little or no vegetative cover.
glaebule
Earth science; Soil science
A three-dimensional unit within the s-matrix of the soil material. Its morphology is incompatible with its present occurrence being within a single void in the present soil ...
heterotrophic nitrification
Earth science; Soil science
Biochemical oxidation of ammonium and/or organic nitrogen to nitrate and nitrite by heterotrophic microorganisms.
phosphobacteria
Earth science; Soil science
Bacteria able to convert organic phosphorus into orthophosphate.
chestnut soil
Earth science; Soil science
A zonal great soil group consisting of soils with a moderately thick, dark-brown A horizon over a lighter colored horizon that is above a zone of calcium carbonate accumulation.
made land
Earth science; Soil science
Areas filled with earth, or with earth and trash mixed, usually by or under the control of man.
calcareous soil
Earth science; Soil science
Soil containing sufficient free CaCO3 and other carbonates to effervesce visibly or audibly when treated with cold 0. 1M HCl. These soils usually contain from 10 to almost 1000g ...
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