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Soils

Soils   Reference library

Encyclopedia of Global Change

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Science and technology, Environmental Science, Social sciences, Environment
Length:
5,642 words

Soils are some of the products of lithosphere breakdown created by interactions at the surface of the Earth between the ...

Soils

Soils   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Global Change

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Science and technology, Environmental Science, Social sciences, Environment
Length:
5,577 words
Illustration(s):
1

Soils are the products of the breakdown of rocky and organic components of the Earth's surface by interactions among the ...

Soil and Soil Conservation

Soil and Soil Conservation   Reference library

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Social sciences, Economics
Length:
2,436 words
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1

Human-induced soil erosion occurs whenever and wherever rain or wind hits soil that has been disturbed. The more sloping the ...

soil

soil   Quick reference

World Encyclopedia

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
107 words

Surface layer of loose material resting on top of the rock which makes up the surface of the Earth. It ...

soils

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The Oxford Companion to the Earth

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Science and technology, Earth Sciences and Geography
Length:
2,205 words
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3

It is possible to define soil in many ways. A useful, well-established, and all-embracing definition proposed by J. S. Joffe ...

soils and topography

soils and topography   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to the Earth

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Science and technology, Earth Sciences and Geography
Length:
840 words
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1

Relief or topography is one of the five main factors that influence the way soils develop. The influence of topography ...

Soils

Soils   Reference library

Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2011
Subject:
Science and technology, Earth Sciences and Geography, Social sciences, Environment
Length:
3,209 words
Illustration(s):
2

The word soil conveys a wide array of meanings, ranging from “dirt” to “the thin veneer on which all life ...

soil

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Archaeology, History
Length:
62 words
[Ge] ... A general term describing the organic‐rich surface layer that forms naturally on the top of most bedrock types as a result of the weathering of the parent material, the ... More

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