- Industry: Earth science
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An international scientific society that fosters the transfer of knowledge and practices to sustain global soils. Based in Madison, WI, and founded in 1936, SSSA is the professional home for 6,000+ members dedicated to advancing the field of soil science. It provides information about soils in ...
(i) All the organisms living in the soil, including plants and animals. (ii) Members of the same taxa. (iii) Delineations of the same map unit - a grouping of like things in a statistical sense.
Industry:Earth science
A method of preparing forest soils for planting or seeding that consists of removing the ground vegetation and root mat to expose mineral soil.
Industry:Earth science
A quantitative evaluation of whether the executable statements in the code make the exact computations required in the mathematical formulas.
Industry:Earth science
A device for confining a sample of soil or porous medium and subjecting it to fluid flow, in order to measure the hydraulic conductivity or intrinsic permeability of the soil or porous medium for the fluid.
Industry:Earth science
A low mound, ridge, bank or hill of loose, windblown, granular material (generally sand), either bare or covered with vegetation, capable of movement from place to place but always retaining its characteristic shape.
Industry:Earth science
A conditional equilibrium coefficient for an ion exchange reaction that is expressed in terms of concentration variables for the exchangeable ions and either concentration variables or activities of the ions in solution.
Industry:Earth science
A potential term which describes the warmth or coldness of an object.
Industry:Earth science
A dye that when dissolved in 1N ammonium acetate is used to detect the presence of reduced iron (Fe II) in the soil. A positive reaction indicates the soil is reduced.
Industry:Earth science
