Concept information
PREFERRED TERM
SOILS
DEFINITION
- The range of dynamic natural bodies composed of mineral and organic materials and living forms in which plants grow.
BROADER CONCEPT
NARROWER CONCEPTS
- CALCIUM
- CARBON
- CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY
- DENITRIFICATION RATE
- ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
- HEAVY METALS
- HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY
- IRON
- MACROFAUNA
- MAGNESIUM
- MICROFAUNA
- MICROFLORA
- MICRONUTRIENTS/TRACE ELEMENTS
- NITROGEN
- ORGANIC MATTER
- PERMAFROST
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION
- SOIL ABSORPTION
- SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
- SOIL BULK DENSITY
- SOIL CHEMISTRY
- SOIL CLASSIFICATION
- SOIL COLOR
- SOIL COMPACTION
- SOIL CONSISTENCE
- SOIL DEPTH
- SOIL EROSION
- SOIL FERTILITY
- SOIL GAS/AIR
- SOIL HEAT BUDGET
- SOIL HORIZONS/PROFILE
- SOIL IMPEDANCE
- SOIL INFILTRATION
- SOIL MECHANICS
- SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT
- SOIL PH
- SOIL PLASTICITY
- SOIL POROSITY
- SOIL PRODUCTIVITY
- SOIL RESPIRATION
- SOIL ROOTING DEPTH
- SOIL SALINITY/SOIL SODICITY
- SOIL STRUCTURE
- SOIL TEMPERATURE
- SOIL TEXTURE
- SOIL WATER HOLDING CAPACITY
- SULFUR
- THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
CHANGE NOTE
- 2017-03-10 09:01:54.0 [tstevens] update Definition (The range of dynamic natural bodies composed of mineral and organic materials and living forms in which plants grow.); update Definition (The Nature and Properties of Soils, Prentice Hall, 1996. );
- 2020-05-13 09:37:40.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add narrower relation (SOILS [3526afb8-0dc9-43c7-8ad4-f34f250a1e91,552439] - IRON [ae575305-340d-474b-99a7-22b537f10ec8,560107]);
- 2020-05-15 09:28:15.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add narrower relation (SOILS [3526afb8-0dc9-43c7-8ad4-f34f250a1e91,552439] - SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY [df5ff39e-b49f-4517-afc0-1842a1a6fdc7,560131]);
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/3526afb8-0dc9-43c7-8ad4-f34f250a1e91
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