- 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 ...
Used to refer to surface movement of excess water - includes such terms as ponded, flooded, slow, and rapid.
Industry:Earth science
The development of horizons in soil as a result of a soil forming process or a combination of soil forming processes.
Industry:Earth science
The breakdown and changes in rocks and sediments at or near the Earth's surface produced by biological, chemical, and physical agents or combinations of them.
Industry:Earth science
The capability of a soil for slowing or retarding the movement of a solute, and is defined for solutes subject to equilibrium reactions with the soil matrix.
Industry:Earth science
Texture group consisting of coarse sandy loam, sandy loam, and fine sandy loam textures.
Industry:Earth science
To fill most of the pores between soil particles with liquid, the lack of complete filling being caused by the entrapment of air as water enters the soil.
Industry:Earth science
The parial differential equation representing steady-state groundwater flow.
Industry:Earth science
The portion of the shearing strength of a soil indicated by the term σ tan θ in Coulomb's equation τ = c + σ tan θ, where τ is shear stress, σ is normal stress, c is cohesion, and θ is friction angle. It is usually considered to be due to the interlocking of soil grains and the resistance to sliding between the grains.
Industry:Earth science
That part of stream flow derived from groundwater seeping into the stream from the adjoining water table with delayed response to storms.
Industry:Earth science
