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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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fluvents
Earth science; Soil science
Entisols that form in recent loamy or clayey alluvial deposits, are usually stratified, and have an organic carbon content that decreases irregularly with depth. Fluvents are not ...
heterotroph
Earth science; Soil science
An organism able to derive carbon and energy for growth and cell synthesis by utilizing organic compounds.
agroforestry
Earth science; Soil science
Any type of multiple cropping land-use that entails complementary relations between tree and agricultural crops and produces some combination of food, fruit, fodder, fuel, wood, ...
crystallaria
Earth science; Soil science
Single crystals, or arrangements of crystals of relatively pure fractions of the plasma that do not enclose the s-matrix of the soil material but form coherent masses; their ...
myco
Earth science; Soil science
Prefix designating an association or relationship with a fungus (e.g., mycotoxins are toxins produced by a fungus).
cyclic salt
Earth science; Soil science
Salt lifted by wind from the spray of sea water or salt lakes, blown inland, and returned to the originating water body via drainage.
pit and mound topography
Earth science; Soil science
Complex microrelief created by numerous cradle knolls and their attendant pits. Usually associated with forested sites or cleared sites that have not been plowed.
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