User:Paleorthid/Sandbox/Article Nursery/List of basic soil topics
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Soil
[edit]Material
[edit]Properties/Characteristics
[edit]see Geotechnical investigation
see Granular material
Physical
- Porosity
- Thixotropy
- Dilatancy (granular material)
- Angle of repose
- Cohesion
- Adhesion. See Adhesion for fundamentals.
- Shear strength
- Soil mechanics
- soil moisture (redirects to water content) -- Soil water (retention) -- Degree of saturation
- Soil texture -- Particle size (grain size) -- Soil gradation
- Soil color
- Soil structure
- Soil odor
Processes
Phenomena
Chemical
- cation exchange capacity
- buffer capacity. See buffering agent and buffering solution for fundamentals
- poise capacity. See mineral redox buffer
- Soil pH
- Soil salinity.
Types
[edit]Processes
[edit]- Soil formation
- Soil acidification
- Soil salinization
- Soil compaction
- Soil liquefaction
- Soil leaching see Leaching
Uses
[edit]Resource
[edit]Functions
Properties, Components, and Characteristics
Types
- Prime farmland
- Sodic soil (currently redirects to soil salination)
- hydric soil
Processes
- Soil formation redirects to pedogenesis
- Erosion
- Soil respiration
- Mineralization (soil)
- Soil salination see also salting the earth
- Soil acidification see also acid rain
Management
Uses