Concept information
PREFERRED TERM
SOIL COMPACTION
DEFINITION
- The reduction in bulk volume or thickness of a soil owing to increasing weight of overlying material that is continually being deposited, or to pressures from earth movements, resulting in a decrease of porosity.
BROADER CONCEPT
CHANGE NOTE
- 2017-03-10 09:15:25.0 [tstevens] update Definition (The reduction in bulk volume or thickness of a soil owing to increasing weight of overlying material that is continually being deposited, or to pressures from earth movements, resulting in a decrease of porosity.); update Definition (Dictionary of Geological Terms, American Geological Institute, 1984. );
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/c9f8c1e9-dca8-4c2e-9537-65903d19cfe5
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