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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 ...
An association involving three different organisms; i.e., soybean-Bradyrhizobium-arbuscular mycorrhizae.
Industry:Earth science
Planar voids that traverse the soil material in an irregular manner, having no specific distribution or orientation pattern between individuals.
Industry:Earth science
Ratio of the mass of water in a soil to the mass of oven dry (105°C) soil.
Industry:Earth science
Plant root surfaces usually including the adhering soil particles.
Industry:Earth science
In Soil Survey a map unit that is a miscellaneous area, composed of undrained flats in arid regions that have surface deposits of secondary salt overlying stratified and strongly saline sediment.
Industry:Earth science
A zonal great soil group consisting of soils with pale grayish A horizons grading into calcareous material at a depth of 1 foot or less, and formed in temperate to cool, arid climates under a vegetation of desert plants, short grass, and scattered brush.
Industry:Earth science
Colloidal humic substances that accumulate in peat soils at the transition zone between the peat and the underlying mineral material.
Industry:Earth science
A subgroup name of aluminum silicates with a 1:1 layer structure. Kaolinite is the most common clay mineral in the subgroup. Also, a soft, usually white, rock composed largely of kaolinite.
Industry:Earth science
