- 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 ...
All of the organisms that occupy a common habitat and that interact with one another.
Industry:Earth science
Permafrost occurring everywhere beneath the exposed land surface throughout a geographic region.
Industry:Earth science
Ferromagnesian mineral group containing silica as double chain units and OH as an essential constituent.
Industry:Earth science
Areas with very steep topography and numerous intermittent drainage channels but usually covered with vegetation.
Industry:Earth science
Fe2O3 A dark reddish-brown, magnetic iron oxide mineral chemically similar to hematite, but structurally similar to magnetite. Often found in well-drained, highly weathered soils of tropical regions.
Industry:Earth science
Rounded or partially rounded rock or mineral fragments between 2 and 75 mm in diameter. Size may be further refined as fine pebbles (2-5 mm diameter), medium pebbles (5-20 mm diameter), and coarse pebbles (20-75 mm diameter).
Industry:Earth science
Pertaining to processes, conditions, areas, climates, and topographic features occurring at the immediate margins of glaciers and ice sheets, and influenced by cold temperature of the ice.
Industry:Earth science
Soil that has been adversely modified for the growth of most crop plants by the presence of soluble salts, with or without high amounts of exchangeable sodium.
Industry:Earth science
