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Soil science
That science dealing with soils as a natural resource on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils per se; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.
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petrified
Earth science; Soil science
Changed into minerals and hardened into rock. Plant and animal parts, such as wood and bone, become petrified when water gets into them.
plain
Earth science; Soil science
A large area of flat land with few trees. A broad, flat area of the sea floor or on the surface of the Moon.
pyrite
Earth science; Soil science
A silver or yellow mineral made of iron and sulfur. Because it is shiny, pyrite is often confused for gold.
sand
Earth science; Soil science
Small grains or particles of broken down rock. Sand is coarser than silt and finer than gravel.
climosequence
Earth science; Soil science
A group of related soils that differ, one from another, primarily as a result of differences in climate as a soil-forming factor.
chlorite
Earth science; Soil science
A group of layer silicate minerals of the 2:1 type that has the interlayer filled with a positively charged metal-hydroxide octahedral sheet. There are both trioctahedral (e.g., M = Fe(II), ...
dirichlet condition
Earth science; Soil science
A boundary condition where a value for the variable of interest at each point in space and given a set of input values, a unique output can be determined.
