- 行业: 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 ...
The movement of water (precipitation ro irrigation) down stems and branches of plants.
Industry:Earth science
The ratio of the mass of organic carbon to the mass of organic nitrogen in soil, organic material, plants, or microbial cells.
Industry:Earth science
The force holding two atoms together which arises from the sharing of electrons.
Industry:Earth science
The value of water content or potential at which air first enters a porous media.
Industry:Earth science
The theoretical limit or lowest level toward which erosion of the Earth's surface constantly progresses but seldom, if ever, reaches; especially the level below which a stream cannot erode its bed. The general or ultimate base level for the land surface is sea level, but temporary base levels may exist locally.
Industry:Earth science
Where water is in contact with a solid surface, the angle occurring on the liquid side of a meniscus or water droplet between the flat solid surface and the gas phase beyond the liquid.
Industry:Earth science
The envelope of a series of Mohr circles representing stress conditions at failure for a given material.
Industry:Earth science
Zones of low chroma (2 or less) where Fe-Mn oxides alone or both Fe-Mn oxides and clay have been stripped out of the soil.
Industry:Earth science
The movement of mass from one point in the soil to another point in the soil.
Industry:Earth science
Usually refers to the prokaryotic partner in a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis.
Industry:Earth science
