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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

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/e0c0af2a-1429-4248-8d5b-ccae510da0c9

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