overlying soil

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• Soil mechanics — is a discipline that applies principles of engineering mechanics, e.g. kinematics, dynamics, fluid mechanics, and mechanics of material, to predict the mechanical behavior of soils. Together with Rock mechanics, it is the basis for solving many… …   Wikipedia

• Soil horizon — Soil samples illustrating horizons (subsoil on right) A soil horizon is a specific layer in the land area that is parallel to the soil surface and possesses physical characteristics which differ from the layers above and beneath …   Wikipedia

• soil — soil1 soilless, adj. /soyl/, n. 1. the portion of the earth s surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. 2. a particular kind of earth: sandy soil. 3. the ground as producing vegetation or as cultivated for its crops: fertile soil. 4. a… …   Universalium

• Canadian system of soil classification — The Canadian system of soil classification is more closely related to the American system than any other. They differ in several ways. The Canadian system is designed to cover only Canadian soils. The Canadian system dispenses with a sub order… …   Wikipedia

• San Joaquin (soil) — San Joaquin is an officially designated state insignia, the State Soil of the U.S. state of California.The California Central Valley has more than 500,000 acres (2,000 km²) of San Joaquin soils, named for the south end of that valley. This series …   Wikipedia

• red soil — noun Date: 1889 any of a group of zonal soils that develop in a warm temperate moist climate under deciduous or mixed forests and that have thin organic and organic mineral layers overlying a yellowish brown leached layer resting on a red horizon …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• brown podzolic soil — noun : any of a group of acid zonal soils developed in temperature or cool temperate humid regions under deciduous or mixed deciduous and coniferous forest and characterized by dark brown humus mineral soil covered with a thin mat of partly… …   Useful english dictionary

• red podzolic soil — noun : any of a group of zonal soils developed in a warm temperate moist climate under deciduous or mixed forests that have thin organic and organic mineral layers overlying a yellowish brown leached layer resting on an illuvial red horizon… …   Useful english dictionary

• red soil — Any of a group of soils that develop in a warm, temperate, moist climate under deciduous or mixed forests and that have thin organic and organic mineral layers overlying a yellowish brown leached layer resting on an illuvial (see illuviation) red …   Universalium

• Surface mining — is a type of mining in which soil and rock overlying the mineral deposit are removed. It is the opposite of underground mining, in which the overlying rock is left in place, and the mineral removed through shafts or tunnels. Surface mining is… …   Wikipedia

• Palsa — (Plural: Palsas, also Palsen, from Finnish palsa , which in turn is a borrowing from Northern Sami balsa ), designates a low oval elevation in areas with Permafrost, frequently peat bogs, where a perennial ice lens has developed within the soil.… …   Wikipedia