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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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Latosol
Earth science; Soil science
A suborder of zonal soils including soils formed under forested, tropical, humid conditions and characterized by low silica-sesquioxide ratios of the clay fractions, low ...
udalfs
Earth science; Soil science
Alfisols that have a udic soil moisture regime and mesic or warmer soil temperature regimes. Udalfs generally have brownish colors throughout, and are not saturated with water ...
flowtill
Earth science; Soil science
A supraglacial till that is modified and transported by mass flow.
distal
Earth science; Soil science
Said of a sedimentary deposit consisting of fine clastics and deposited farthest from the source area.
red desert soil
Earth science; Soil science
A zonal great soil group consisting of soils formed under warm-temperate to hot, dry regions under desert-type vegetation, mostly shrubs.
heat capacity
Earth science; Soil science
Amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a given quantity of soil by 1 °C.
lacustrine deposit
Earth science; Soil science
Clastic sediments and chemical precipitates deposited in lakes.
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